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Michael Dell

Chairman And CEO, Dell

$95.1B

Michael Dell currently serves as the chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, a global technology company that emerged in 2016 following Dell's landmark $60 billion merger with computer storage giant EMC. In late 2018, Dell Technologies returned to public markets through a complex financial restructuring.

Dell's cloud software arm, VMware, was spun off in 2021 and subsequently acquired by Broadcom in 2023 for $69 billion, with Dell retaining a significant 39% stake. Notably, much of Dell's wealth is attributed to his private investment firm, DFO Management, which holds interests in various sectors including hotels and corporate credit.

In a philanthropic endeavor, Dell donated over $3 billion worth of cash stock to his foundation in 2023. The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, established by Dell and his wife Susan in 1999, focuses on addressing child poverty through initiatives in health, education, safety, youth development, and early childhood care. Over the years, the foundation has made significant contributions to various causes, including aiding victims of the 2004 tsunami in southern Asia and donating $50 million to the University of Texas at Austin in 2006.