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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Twenty percent is significantly faster than we expected for the overall market, and 20 percent growth for a $32 billion company is relatively unprecedented.
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The 55 percent growth is very consistent with what we've seen over the last 14 years,
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Our second-quarter results and expectations for strong industry demand in the second half of the year keep us on track toward our goal of 30 percent full-year sales growth. There remains tremendous room for expansion in all product categories, customer groups and regional markets, and the fundamental advantages of our direct model are more compelling than ever.
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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.
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We are now the largest direct company within the worldwide home and small-business market, and are significantly more profitable in that space than our nearest direct competitor. Our U.S. consumer shipments grew more than 100 percent in the quarter, and about one-half of those sales were generated online, through www.dell.com .
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we are well on our way to our goal of 50 percent online - and actually think that after 50 percent it's going to keep going to 70 percent.
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the only thing growing faster than Linux is Linux on Dell.
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We will ensure a major recruitment push in engineering talents.
believe both helped
We believe standardization has helped both Dell and our customers,
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This was made in North Carolina, so you've got some really good stuff here, ... I think you'll be seeing several million more just like this real soon.
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Twenty years and $40 billion. They seem like good round numbers.
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We don't see any big cost difference, and we know a thing or two about volume manufacturing.
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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,