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Michael Dell was born on February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas.
Michael S. Dell
The life of the man who innovated personal computers
Beginning the process
Michael as a baby.
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Dell landed a job washing dishes at a Chinese restaurant at the age 12.
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At the age of 15, Michael purchased an early Apple computer in order to take it apart to see how it worked.
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His mother, a stockbroker, and his father, an orthodontist, pushed their son to consider medicine, Dell showed an early interest in technology and business.
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In college, Michael started building computers and selling them directly to people.
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Dell corporation began in the founder's dorm room at the University of Texas and quickly blossomed into a megawatt computer company.
Beginning the Corporation.
Quiz
When did Michael Dell start his career?
- 26 years old
- 25 years ago
- 30 years old
- College
Michael S. Dell revisiting his old college dorm room where he sold computers he made, starting his company. In the doorway is the occupants that lived there when the picture was taken.
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When and where did Michael Dell found his computer company?
- In Austin, Texas in his house in 1986
- At the University of Texas, in his dorm room in 1984
- In his parents garage in 1983
- At school when he was trying to make some extra money in 1984
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Dell Computer was the world's largest PC maker.
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Dell helped launch the personal computer revolution in the 1980s with the creation of the Dell Computer Corporation.
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1984, Dell's first full year in business, he had $6 million in sales.
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In 1988, Michael Dell changed the firm’s name to Dell Computer Corporation and took the company public.
Did you know?
The S in Michael S. Dell stands for Saul.
Success
In 1992, at age 27, Dell became the youngest CEO of a company ranked in Fortune magazine’s list of the top 500 corporations.
1991: Michael Dell on the cover of Fortune. In 1992, at age 27, Dell became the youngest CEO of a company ranked in Fortune magazine’s list of the top 500 corporations.