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
gaining market relying
We're very much relying on gaining market share,
billion company expected faster growth overall percent relatively twenty
Twenty percent is significantly faster than we expected for the overall market, and 20 percent growth for a $32 billion company is relatively unprecedented.
goal online percent
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.
beyond provide provided visibility
We're not going to provide any visibility beyond what we provided for the first quarter.
improvement months screens seeing
We are seeing a substantial improvement in the availability of flat-panel screens (from) two months ago,
applying business component costs customers design easier enhancing entire internet process reducing relationships
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,
certainly china fast growing markets outside products sell
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.
open parts using
We are open to using parts of other manufacturers.
aim business companies create drive evolving future integrate interested internet potential products services
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.
speak
We're going to speak to the first quarter,
continues double goes internet million percent roughly sales seeing total triple
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.
believe good grow market momentum quarter seeing solid
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.
money shut
What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.
anyone believe compelling customers degree difference greater retaining winning
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.