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I started 37 years ago with $1000.
Revenues in 1984 were $6 million.
Last year's revenues were $94.2 billion.
Impossible is nothing.
First financial statement for . The one I used to convince my parents that it was OK for me to not go back to college
Tomorrow marks 39 years since I founded in my dorm room to make technology accessible to everyone and to enable human potential. 🥳Thank you to all the dedicated team members, customers, and partners worldwide who have made this journey possible! Here's to 39 more! 🌎💻🚀🙏
Susan and I are committing $36 Million to rebuildtx.org Please join in next 4 days to reach $100 Million goal!
I started Dell 28 yrs ago with $1000. Revenues in 1984 were $6 million. Last year $62.1 billion. Impossible is nothing.
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Every CEO should be required to change their surname to their company name
Tim Apple
Jack Block
Mark Facebook
Jeff Amazon
Focus on what you can control. Build something, anything. A product, yourself, your community, a team, a company or organization, relationships. Or help someone else do it. Don't complain or be a victim, ever. #PlayNiceButWin
Susan and I are committing $15M to support families in Ukraine. We firmly stand with the people of Ukraine and everyone who has generously offered support during this humanitarian crisis. We pray for safety and peace for Ukraine and the world. 🇺🇦💙💛🕊️
Celebrating our new company with the global #DellTechnologies family! Ready to #GoBigWinBig DellTechnologies.com
My business card in 1984, year I started. 1st space 1000 sq ft, lasted 30 days. Never forget where you came from.
Happy Birthday! 🎂
37 years ago today in 1984 was founded
This happened...
800+ million PCs
37+ million Servers
160+ million terabytes of Storage
32K+ patents issued + applied
$1.35+ trillion in revenue
Human progress 🚀🚀🚀
So grateful to all who helped us! 🙏🤗
35 years ago today in 1988 Dell Computer Corp goes public, raising $30 million with a market capitalization of $85 million. Our shares debut at $8.50, or a cumulative split-adjusted price of 9 cents. Thanks to all past, present, and future who helped make it all possible! 🚀🙏🥰… Show more
Agree. Free, fair, equitable access to voting is the foundation of American democracy. Those rights - especially for women, communities of color - have been hard-earned. Governments should ensure citizens have their voices heard. HB6 does the opposite, and we are opposed to it.
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As changes to voting laws are under consideration in multiple state legislatures, Business Roundtable today issued the following statement on principles that should guide policymakers: businessroundtable.org/business-round
Successfully starting a company is some combination of insight, determination, optimism, healthy risk appetite, agility, resourcefulness and learning quickly from failures. Plus your life is unlikely to be in any kind of balance for the first decade.
Letter I signed w/ Zuckerberg + more delivered to Texas Governor
Susan and I are dedicating $100 million through to support global initiatives related to COVID-19 so more people get the help and support they need during this difficult time. linkedin.com/pulse/covid-19 via
You never know who you might get on the other line when you call Dell! 😉 I always enjoy the opportunity to spend time with our team on the sales floor and hear directly from customers. Thanks for the opportunity to join your calls today Pablo Reyes.
Susan and I commit $36 Million to help rebuild Texas - join us and we'll match your donation until midnight, 9/4! RebuildTX.org
The violence and intimidation taking place in our nation’s capitol is disgraceful. President Elect Joe Biden won in a fair election. As Americans, each of us has a civic duty to respect and honor the peaceful transition of power, which is at the heart of...
Today is Dell’s 34th birthday. It’s been an epic journey made possible by so many incredible customers, partners and team members over the years. Many thanks to you all!
33 years ago today, I started in UT dorm room. Tonight, this. Thanks, & team #HookEm #WhatStartsHere
5 jobs I've had:
1. Dishwasher
2. Waterboy
3. Assistant maitre d
4. Newspaper salesperson
5. CEO
A fun memory from 34 years ago.
Dell revenues in 1987 (FY'88): $159 million
Dell revenues in 2021 (FY'22): $101 billion
CAGR = 20.9%
From 1985... Motherboard for our first 286 based PC, hand wired by Jay Bell (RIP)... And the production version
Happy 3 year anniversary to ! And big thanks to all of our customers, partners and dedicated team members.
Best part of the day so far has been #TakeYourChildToWork online version! Had so much fun reading a story and answering questions from all of the kids! 😃
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Here are the similarities and differences between @elonmusk take private of @Twitter and our @Dell take private in 2013 and @EMC take private in 2016
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True story. And over $1 trillion in revenues since starting in my dorm room. Working on the 2nd trillion now.
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.@Dell has sold more than 650 million computers since @MichaelDell launched the company in 1984. itun.es/us/zt2Keb.c
Today is 33rd birthday for Dell. Revenues since inception.. $1 Trillion. Thanks to all our customers, partners and team! The fun continues
I want to share a few thoughts with our customers, partners as we reinvent how we work, live during COVID-19 pandemic, along with a link to more about what is doing at this time. We are all in this together. Be safe and take care of each other.
1984: The year “Purple Rain” and “Born in the U.S.A.” came out on this thing called a cassette. Also the year was born doing business as PC’s Limited. Thankful for 36 years of technology advancements!
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On this day 38 years ago I started . 🎉 It’s been the most amazing adventure I could imagine. Today at #DellTechWorld , who has been with me for 35 of those years will show where we’re heading next. #PlayNiceButWin
Amazing achievements #LaunchAmerica but you need some of our 49" wide monitors 😂
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I shared this with our teams earlier this week regarding #Charlottesville and #Barcelona. Love will win over hate!
Congratulations to Biden and Harris. We are eager to work together on urgent issues by supporting pandemic recovery, rebuilding global relationships and increasing access to education. It’s time to come together and progress forward. #InaugurationDay 🇺🇸
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Very nice 😀
Please don't try this at home
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Jeff Bezos, June 2000: “If I could do anything, I would like to go help explore space.”
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More dudes are getting a than ever.
Last year we shipped 52,132,000 PCs. That’s…
142,827 every day
5,951 every hour
99 every minute
1.65 every second of the year
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Proud to see tap 's SVP of Worldwide Procurement Keith Miears to serve as Supply Chain Director for the state of Texas to help ensure health care facilities have the supplies they need. 😷👍
28 years ago (May 3rd) with $1000, instead of studying for finals during my freshman year at the University of Texas, I started Dell.
Good read. Thank you for your vision in expanding 's partnership with to deliver a fully native, supported, and certified cloud infrastructure .
What's more important to Twitter's future? The advertisers or the users? 🤔
Congratulations to our newest #DellMatchPlay winner, ! 🏆 And thank you to all the fans, volunteers, staff and athletes who made this year a success! dell.to/2G6wH8L
Honored to serve our customers and humbled to lead an immensely capable and passionately dedicated team 🙏
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Our Chairman and CEO @MichaelDell named a 'CEO of the Decade' in a ranking that considers not only financial accomplishment, but how leaders are making a positive social impact: dell.to/2tCDWVc Thank you @Enderle!
Thanks for thinking of me on my birthday. So much to be thankful for!! I'm now 2^30.639374 seconds old.
Thank you for inviting me back to where I started 35 years ago. I very much enjoyed celebrating with the Class of 2019 and giving the Commencement speech: utex.as/2M72mOU #UTGrad19 🎓#HookEm 🤘#UT19 #WhatStartsHere
... the American political system and our way of life. This attempted subversion of our democracy is an attack against us all, and we must stand together, united, in the defense of our values and our country.
If you or someone you know needs help paying for food, paying bills, or has other needs go to FindHelp.org. It lists free & reduced-cost services in every city in America and highlights hundreds of programs supporting people who have been impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Since the post-PC era started, close to 6 billion PCs have been sold. PC demand is even stronger now in the do it from anywhere world.
Now we're in the post post PC era
Congratulations on being named to 's 2018 Businessperson of the Year list! I appreciate your great leadership at that positions our family so well for the future. fortune.com/businessperson
Many Thanks for all of the birthday wishes! It's great to be 2^30.6663560999 seconds. I've enjoyed every one of them and looking forward to many more.
Fully agree
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It all started over 17 years ago. Grateful to our customers and very proud of what our team has been to create emc.com/about/news/pre
Just finished excellent and very thoughtful new book . Highly recommend.
Be more curious. Use the scientific method. Learn how to unlearn and rethink.
Q1 revenues for were up +19%. We're gaining share rapidly and we're hiring thousands of sales professionals in the USA and around the world to join our growing team. Start here to learn more dell.com/careers
The fight against racism and inequality in the world requires that we join together against any form of hate or discrimination. To our Asian American team members and the broader Asian American community, we support you and we stand with you. #StopAsianHate
I grew up in Meyerland neighborhood in Houston. Now it looks like this. Please join us and we'll match your gift rebuildtx.org
Since post-PC era started, about 5 billion PCs have been sold. Pretty good post era. I bet more products wish for same. Now we're in the post post PC era
Thanks to our customers, partners and team members for making us #1 in 🇺🇸
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Today, @FortuneMagazine again named us one of the World’s #MostAdmired Companies. A sincere thank you to our customers, partners and team members @Dell @DellEMC @pivotal @RSAsecurity @SecureWorks @VMware @virtustream - dell.to/2R6ZxdR
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Blast from the past!
Over 30 years ago to be exact!
I guess I had not learned how to use lower case letters at that point 🤷🏻♂️
Super excited #GoSpursGo
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NEWS: Spurs name Peter J. Holt to Managing Partner and introduce Sixth Street and Michael Dell as Strategic Partners. Welcome to the Spurs Family!
More on today's additions 
The house in Houston where I grew up. Picture on the left, I'm 3.5 years old in 1968, on the right . Thanks
Congratulations to my amazing wife ❤️Susan ❤️ who was inducted into Texas Woman's Hall of Fame for her philanthropic leadership . She told an incredible story about one family devasted by Hurricane Harvey and how effort came to the rescue for so many
At 18 Petaflops #Stampede2 The fastest university supercomputer #WhatStartsHere 🤘insidehpc.com/2017/07/18-pet
Great discussion about growing 🇺🇸 economy this morning with . Always fun to see filled with
