Michael Dell
Michael Dell
Michael Saul Dellis an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. He is the founder and CEO of Dell Inc., one of the world’s leading sellers of personal computers. He was ranked the 41st richest person in the world on 2012 Forbes list of billionaires, with a net worth of US$22.4 billion as of December 2014...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth23 February 1965
CityHouston, TX
stay time
It's not the right time to do it now, but stay tuned,
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Don't be afraid or run away from technology,
customers exactly february larger looking looks major rate start strong taking
A lot of the larger customers are looking at the end of February before major rollouts start taking place. We don't know exactly at what rate the turn-on is going to go, but it looks like February is not going to be tremendously strong for the industry.
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A lot of these companies are talking about going direct, but few of them are transitioning significant portions of their business to direct, ... We grew 2.8 times faster than Compaq in servers, 4.8 times faster in notebooks, and 3.2 times faster than Compaq overall.
improvement months screens seeing
We are seeing a substantial improvement in the availability of flat-panel screens (from) two months ago,
certainly china fast growing markets outside products sell
There are certainly very high-growth markets outside the U.S.. China is the fourth-largest market in the world for Dell to sell its products and we're growing fast there.
applying business component costs customers design easier enhancing entire internet process reducing relationships
We're increasingly applying the Internet to our entire business, from component design to end-user support, in the process making it easier to do business with Dell, enhancing relationships with customers and suppliers and reducing costs for all of us,
beyond provide provided visibility
We're not going to provide any visibility beyond what we provided for the first quarter.
continues double goes internet million percent roughly sales seeing total triple
We're seeing our Internet sales roughly double or triple every year, ... We were at $18 million a day in the first quarter. It continues to grow. It was 30 percent (of total sales). We think it goes to 50 percent, then to 70 and 80 percent.
among billion business countries grown growth india last markets outside plans three
We have some big plans for our growth here. In the last three years, our business outside the U.S. has grown from $12 billion to $22 billion with countries like India being among the fastest-growing markets for us.
believe good grow market momentum quarter seeing solid
We're seeing some good momentum in the business, ... The (second) quarter is off to a solid start. We believe we're well positioned to grow market share.
speak
We're going to speak to the first quarter,
anyone believe compelling customers degree difference greater retaining winning
We believe we're doing so to a much greater degree than anyone else in our industry, and it is already a compelling difference in winning and retaining customers of all types.
clearly confusion help near turmoil
Clearly there is some turmoil and confusion out there that can help us out in the near term,