UnderpantsWeevil comments on Michael Dell's personal net worth is $38 billion greater than the entire market cap of Dell Computer. He is worth more than the company he founded.

Michael Dell's personal net worth is $38 billion greater than the entire market cap of Dell Computer. He is worth more than the company he founded. (lemmy.world)

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Dell Technologies (formerly Dell Computer) has a market cap of $87 billion.

Michael Dell currently has a net worth of $125 billion

He might be the only founder of a large company that is personally worth more than the company he originally founded.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It looks like a big chunk of his networth is included in the spin-off company of VMWare, which was acquired by Broadcom in exchange for 22M Broadcom shares. Broadcom has seen a boom in its own stock price and now enjoys a $1T market cap.

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[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Repurchased and eliminated 5.6 million shares for $3,420 million

Stock buybacks are a hell of a drug.

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