Michael Dell

Michael Dell is an American billionaire businessman as well as a philanthropist. His full names are Michael Saul Dell. He is famous for being the CEO of Dell Technologies, which is one of the largest technology infrastructure companies in the world. Being a billionaire is not enough to say all about him as Forbes has ranked him as the 27^th richest man in the world. In October 2013, Dell officially went private, but in December 2018, it returned back to the public.

Well, how well do you know about Michael Dell? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Michael Dell’s net worth in 2021, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Michael Dell to date.

Biography and Early Life

Dell was born on 23^rd February 1965 in Houston, Texas. His parents were Lorraine Charlotte, who worked as a stockbroker, while his father, Alexander Dell, was an orthodontist. He was raised together with his brother, Adan Dell. He grew up being business-minded, as, in his teens, he was already earning part-time jobs. At the age of twelve, he was employed as a dishwasher but was later promoted to maitre d’.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Michael Dell in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Michael Dell’s age is 56 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 23 February 1965. Though, he is 5′ 5″ in feet and inches and 170 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 180 lbs in Pound and 82 kg in Kilograms.

Education

Dell attended Herod Elementary School for his junior studies. He later joined Memorial High School, and because he wanted to enter into the business early, he applied to take high school equivalency exams at the age of eight years. He joined Texas University in 1983 and took a pre-med course in order to please his parents, who wanted him to become a doctor.

Because his dream was doing business, he did some business, which earned him $18,000. This amount enabled him to hire some employees, and after one year, he had made a gross profit of $200,000. Later, he dropped out of University at the age of 19.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Dell is a family man. He has been married since 1989 and is still married to his one wife with no rumor of divorce. He got married to Susan Lieberman on 28^th October 1989. The couple happily lives together with their four children in Austin, Texas.

Dell’s company was charged with a $100 million penalty in July 2010, which he agreed to pay. The charges were due to accounting fraud for undisclosed payments from Intel Corporation.

Is Michael Dell Gay?

Michael Dell is a straight forward man. He is not gay and has a wife and four children.

Professional Career

Dell began doing at an early age, and by the time he was in the University of Texas, he had an informal business to put and sell upgrade kits for personal computers. He registered his own company, PC’s Limited, in January 1984, which did very well as it sold between $50,000 and $80,000 worth of PC upgrades and kits. Later in May, he changed the company’s name to Dell Computer Corporation, relocating it to North Austin.

Dell became the youngest CEO of a company at the age of 27. Dell started selling computers over the web in 1996 and, within no time, had about $1 million in sales per day. Dell stepped down from being the CEO of Dell Inc., and Kevin Rollins took over on 4^th March 2004, although he remained the company’s chairman. At the request of the board members, Dell returned the CEO ON 31^st January 2007.

As s philanthropist, Michael Dell and his wife Susan established the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation in 1999, whose main focus is grants, urban education, childhood health, and family economic stability. This foundation has helped a lot of people. Apart from business, Dell is also a writer and has a book written in 1999, Strategies That Revolutionized an Industry, in collaboration with Catherine Fredman.

Awards

Dell has received quite a number of accolades in his life. He received Entrepreneur of the Year when he was 24 years. Worth Magazine named him Top CEO in American Business and CEO of the year by Financial World. Also, he was awarded the Golden Plate Award in 1998 and Bower Award for Business Leadership in 2013.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Michael Dell in 2021

As of 2021, Dell has an estimated net worth of $40 billion. The highest percentage of his wealth comes from his business involvement but also from the interest in his investment company, MSD Capital.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• Dell donates a high amount of wealth from time to time fact; he is a philanthropist and has a foundation with his wife.
• He served on the board of the World Economic Forum and was formerly a member of the US President Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
• In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dell was named to the Strike Force to Open Texas by Governor Greg Abbott.

Michael Dell is one of the most successful men in the world. He is a very humble man as although he is that rich, he associates himself with people who are of low class and helps them a lot through donations. He is also a focused man because he fought for his dream career even when his parents wanted otherwise.

1. Jose R Perez June 10, 2021 at 7:16 pm