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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Based on what customers are telling us, we expect sequential industry growth to follow historical trends, Y2K notwithstanding,
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Last year we dramatically extended the capabilities of the Dell direct business model through opportunities with the Internet, ... Our online customer mix moved from a predominantly consumer-oriented base to a far broader base including business and government customers.
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It's Darwin. We were forced to do things, based on the resources we had, that were more efficient, smarter, delivered more value. Compaq, if I remember, had about $100 million of funding in its first year. We had $1,000. If you only have a $1,000, you spend each one very carefully.
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We just shipped in the fourth quarter over 10 million PCs.
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We saw strength in our servers, notebooks and Internet sales, ... All the geographies were strong. I'd say we are firing on all cylinders.
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We're very much relying on gaining market share,
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We see a healthy industry in the year ahead, ... Major demand drivers, including processor transitions and component cost reductions, remain solid, and consolidation is separating top companies such as Dell from the rest of the field.
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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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and we are a leading seller of servers, storage systems and other technology products and services.
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There's actually quite a few people that are available to hire. They have the skills and we kind of prefer that way of growing,
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Our decision to make semiconductor systems and LCD (liquid crystal display) screens will depend on the kind of fabrication infrastructure available here. India is yet to catch up with China and Taiwan in this respect.
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We have decided to invest in India in a big way to continue our success story, thanks to the availability of the requisite talent here. The hardware unit is intended to first meet the domestic demand and target the export market subsequently.
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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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Customers are voting with their dollars and their feet today,