Michael Dell Chairman And CEO, Dell $70.1B $148M (0.21%) Real Time Net Worth as of 10/4/23 #16 in the world today About Michael Dell • Michael Dell is chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, which formed in 2016 via Dell's $60 billion merger with computer storage giant EMC. • In late 2018 Dell Technologies returned to public markets through a complicated financial restructuring. • Dell's cloud software arm, VMware, spun off in 2021; Microchip firm Broadcom is now in a $61 billion deal to buy it, pending regulatory approval. • Much of Dell's fortune lies in his private investment firm DFO Management, which has stakes in hotels and invests in liquid corporate credit. • In 2017, Dell donated $1 billion to his foundation, which focuses on child poverty; it makes both impact investments and charitable donations.