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
behind business fall touch
You know in today's business world if you get behind in your e-mail you fall out of touch very quickly,
base broader business customer direct extended far government including last mix model moved online year
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.
american-businessman good round seem twenty
Twenty years and $40 billion. They seem like good round numbers.
bad ball business clearly crystal economy investment needs process technology time
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.
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.
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,
aim business companies create drive evolving future integrate interested internet potential products services
We are particularly interested in early-stage companies with products and services which have the potential to create breakthroughs in the evolving Internet age, with an aim to integrate those products and services into Dell's business and drive our future growth.
appreciate aspects attempting believe business continue customers difference direct imitate recognize results several stability strength strong unique
Our strong results continue to differentiate us from our competitors, several of which are attempting to imitate aspects of Dell's unique direct business model. We believe that our customers around the world recognize the Dell difference and increasingly appreciate the benefits, stability and strength of our direct model,
business companies faster few grew portions talking
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.
businesses extremely
All our businesses are doing exceptionally well in an extremely challenging environment,
business china enhance expansion further global growth innovation next product step support
This expansion is an important next step for us to further enhance our global product innovation, and to support our business growth in China and around the world.
advantage allowed along business component costs declining direct model pass rapidly savings unique
Our unique direct business model has allowed us to take advantage of rapidly declining component costs and pass along savings to our customers.
business continued customer grow regions segments
Our business continued to grow profitably in all customer segments and regions around the world,
advantage appears business consumer gateway growing quite rather strong
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.