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Michael Dell was born on February 23, 1965 in Houston Texas.
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Son of a stockbroker, Alexander Dell, and mother Charlotte Dell, Michael was drawn to technology from a young age. He got his first computer at age 15, and quickly disassembled it to figure out how it worked. He is curious, innovative, entrepreneurial, opportunistic, and confident
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Michael Dell went to Memorial High School,and during that time, earned 18,000 dollars a year selling subscriptions to the Houston Post, more money than some of his school teachers.
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Dell sold newspapers for the Houston Post.
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In 1983, Michael enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin due to his parent's wishes for him to become a physician. He still did not give up on his entrepreneurial dreams though, and started an informal business repairing and upgrading computers. It started to do well, and he dropped out of college to devote more time to it. -
At 26, Dell heads a $679-million a year company, and appears on the cover of Fortune Magazine -
Dell received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement -
Dell earns the Franklin Institute's Bower Award for Business Leadership