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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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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We're winning new customers at a rapid rate and successfully managing our operating expenses, ... Those strengths in the midst of a trying period give us great confidence for the long term.
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We are in discussions with state governments for locating the unit.
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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.
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We are open to using parts of other manufacturers.
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We're going to speak to the first quarter,
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We believe we're doing so to a much greater degree than anyone else in our industry, and it is already a compelling difference in winning and retaining customers of all types.
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We are seeing a substantial improvement in the availability of flat-panel screens (from) two months ago,
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There are certainly very high-growth markets outside the U.S.. China is the fourth-largest market in the world for Dell to sell its products and we're growing fast there.
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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,
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We're not going to provide any visibility beyond what we provided for the first quarter.
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We're seeing some good momentum in the business, ... The (second) quarter is off to a solid start. We believe we're well positioned to grow market share.