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** Early Life ** -Born on Feb 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas
 * Michael Dell **

-Helped launch the personal computer revolution in the 1980s with the creation on Dell Computer Corporation (now known as Dell Inc.)

-8 years later Dell was founded, Dell was the youngest CEO of a fortune500 company

-At age 12 Dell landed a job at a Chinese restaurant washing dishes so he could put away money for his stamp collection

** Dell Computers ** -In 1984, Dell’s first full year in business, he had $6 million in sales.

-By 2000, Dell was a billionaire and his company had offices in 34 countries and an employee count of 35,000.

-The following year Dell Computer surpassed Compaq Computer as the world’s largest PC maker.

-In the first 20 years Dell became one of the most successful companies on the planet. ** Philanthropy ** -In 1989 Michael married a women named Susan, and later on had 4 children

- In 1999, the couple started the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, a large private charity that has doled out millions to causes and people like the tsunami victims in southern Asia. In 2006, the foundation donated $50 million to the University of Texas.

-In 2004 Michael stepped down from as CEO of the company, but he remained chairman of the board.

- In July 2010, Michael Dell made headlines when he agreed to pay more than $100 million in penalties in order to settle charges of accounting fraud that had been filed by the Security and Exchange Commission.

- In a move to help rebuild the company he founded, Dell announced in February 2013 that he would be taking his business private again. He reached an agreement with Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm that specializes in technology, and computer software giant Microsoft to launch a buyout of all outstanding shares of Dell. This deal has been valued between $23 billion to more than $24 billion, making it one of the biggest buyouts in recent history.

http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/bios/michael-dell-bio

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