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In Conversation with Michael Dell

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An intimate conversation where Michael Dell reflects on four decades as Founder and CEO. Resilience, adaptability and risk across forty-two years.

In Conversation with Michael Dell Conversation No. 001 The 100 Year Conversation Published October 7, 2025 Guest Michael Dell Dell (41 yrs) Subscribe I I n 1983, at the University of Texas at Austin, an 18-year-old pre-med named Michael Dell decided anatomy lab could wait. From a single dorm-room desk, he placed scrappy newspaper ads offering custom-built PCs, promised next-day delivery—and racked up $180,000 in sales in his first month. His parents got a ledger in the mail instead of a report card, and the freshman never came back for sophomore year. That same instinct for bypassing conventio

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