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
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Our unique direct business model has allowed us to take advantage of rapidly declining component costs and pass along savings to our customers.
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These devices are not necessarily substitutes to the PC, but complementary. You can't find a Palm Pilot user who doesn't have a PC,
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The third quarter is going great and there is no change in our outlook from what we said at the end of the second quarter,
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By all standards it certainly was an outstanding quarter,
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But to forecast beyond that ... we don't have a lot of confidence in our ability to do that, so we're not going to give any numbers beyond the first quarter,
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Gateway experienced a rather strong year-over-year decline; our cost-structure advantage is quite significant; and our consumer business is not only quite profitable, but growing rapidly, ... Our advantage there appears to be expanding.
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In the near term, this is not good news
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I'm thrilled to be here. This operation will be the foundation of great success here.
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India produces over 200,000 engineers and we see that as an asset for our hardware and software activities.
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The key to our performance in the fourth quarter was focus. By remaining focused, we have helped our customers benefit from the superior performance, service and value that our unique direct model delivers.
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The Internet is probably the most significant thing that has come along,
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Clearly there is some turmoil and confusion out there that can help us out in the near term,
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The best part was the wisdom of the restaurant owner, which I could capture if I came to work a little early. He took great pride in his work and cared about every customer who came through his door.
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It's clearly a bad time for all companies. I don't have a crystal ball on the economy but investment in technology will continue. Some business just don't have any business trading. There's a sorting out process that needs to take place.