Michael Dell By camcgibbon Feb 23, 1965 Birth Michael Dell was born February 23, 1965 Jan 1, 1972 First Device At age 7 Dell purchased his first calculator Feb 3, 1980 First Computer At age 15, he was playing with computers at radio shack and bought his first computer, and Apple ll, he disassembled it and learned how it worked. Jan 9, 1984 Michael dell starts his first business Jan 9, 1984 Names his business "PC's Limited" Feb 9, 1992 Becomes the youngest CEO of a company ranked in Fortune magazine Feb 9, 1996 Starts selling computers over the web and his company launched its first servers Feb 9, 2001 Dell Inc. reached a world market share of 12.8% Feb 9, 2013 Michael Dell with with Silver Lake Partners made Dell Inc. Private, giving Michael a 75% share in the company Oct 12, 2015 Dell Announced they would acquire the company EMC Corporation at a purchase cost of $67 Billion
