3. Born
on February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas
Mother
is a stock broker and father is
orthodontist
Landed
in a job washing dishes at a Chinese
restaurant at the age 12 so that he could put
away money for his stamp collection.
Purchased
an early Apple computer at the
age of 15 for the strict purpose of taking it
apart to see how it worked.
4.
Dell married Susan, a Dallas native whom he in
1989 and the couple has four children.
In 1999, the couple started the Michael and
Susan Dell Foundation.
In 2004, Dell stepped down as CEO of Dell but
remained chairman of the board.
In 2007, again he took his charges as CEO due to
the lackluster performance of the company.
In a move to help rebuild the company he
founded, Dell announced in February 2013 that
he would be taking his business private again.