Tomorrow marks 39 years since I founded
@Dell
in my dorm room to make technology accessible to everyone and to enable human potential. 🥳Thank you to all the dedicated team members, customers, and partners worldwide who have made this journey possible! Here's to 39 more! 🌎💻🚀🙏
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@elonmusk
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“If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I'm not gonna let it stop me from partying”: Spring breakers are still flocking to Miami, despite coronavirus warnings.
Focus on what you can control. Build something, anything. A product, yourself, your community, a team, a company or organization, relationships. Or help someone else do it. Don't complain or be a victim, ever.
#PlayNiceButWin
Susan and I are committing $15M to support families in Ukraine. We firmly stand with the people of Ukraine and everyone who has generously offered support during this humanitarian crisis. We pray for safety and peace for Ukraine and the world. 🇺🇦💙💛🕊️
37 years ago today in my dorm room
@UTAustin
I started what has now become
@DellTech
. It has been and continues to be the honor and adventure of a lifetime. So grateful to every customer, partner, and team member who has helped and trusted us along the way! Inspired every day.🙏
Happy Birthday! 🎂
37 years ago today in 1984
@DellTech
was founded
This happened...
800+ million PCs
37+ million Servers
160+ million terabytes of Storage
32K+ patents issued + applied
$1.35+ trillion in revenue
Human progress 🚀🚀🚀
So grateful to all who helped us! 🙏🤗
35 years ago today in 1988 Dell Computer Corp goes public, raising $30 million with a market capitalization of $85 million. Our shares debut at $8.50, or a cumulative split-adjusted price of 9 cents. Thanks to all past, present, and future who helped make it all possible! 🚀🙏🥰…
On the stage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, we marked the first birthday of baby Kfir Bibas, who was brutally kidnapped from his home in Nir Oz and held, like his parents Shiri and Yarden, and his brother Ariel, in captivity by the terrorist organization Hamas. We will…
Successfully starting a company is some combination of insight, determination, optimism, healthy risk appetite, agility, resourcefulness and learning quickly from failures. Plus your life is unlikely to be in any kind of balance for the first decade.
Agree. Free, fair, equitable access to voting is the foundation of American democracy. Those rights - especially for women, communities of color - have been hard-earned. Governments should ensure citizens have their voices heard. HB6 does the opposite, and we are opposed to it.
As changes to voting laws are under consideration in multiple state legislatures, Business Roundtable today issued the following statement on principles that should guide policymakers:
Focus on what you can control. Build something, anything. A product, yourself, a family, your community, a team, a company or organization, relationships. Or help someone else do it. Don't complain or be a victim, ever.
#PlayNiceButWin
Susan and I are dedicating $100 million through
@DellFdn
to support global initiatives related to COVID-19 so more people get the help and support they need during this difficult time. via
@LinkedIn
You never know who you might get on the other line when you call Dell! 😉 I always enjoy the opportunity to spend time with our team on the sales floor and hear directly from customers. Thanks for the opportunity to join your calls today Pablo Reyes.
The violence and intimidation taking place in our nation’s capitol is disgraceful. President Elect Joe Biden won in a fair election. As Americans, each of us has a civic duty to respect and honor the peaceful transition of power, which is at the heart of...
Today is Dell’s 34th birthday. It’s been an epic journey made possible by so many incredible customers, partners and team members over the years. Many thanks to you all!
Never forget where you came from + those who helped you along the way. I grew up on Grape Street in a Houston, TX neighborhood called Meyerland. I was very fortunate to have great parents and teachers. I'm about 3 1/2 years old here
#PlayNiceButWin
As I explained in some detail in the 🧵⬇️ the structure
@elonmusk
has proposed for
@Twitter
go private is a fine way to proceed. I am in constant amazement by those who question it.
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@elonmusk
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@Twitter
and our
@Dell
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@EMC
take private in 2016
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Best part of the day so far has been
#TakeYourChildToWork
online version! Had so much fun reading a story and answering questions from all of the
@DellTech
kids! 😃
I want to share a few thoughts with our customers, partners as we reinvent how we work, live during COVID-19 pandemic, along with a link to more about what
@DellTech
is doing at this time. We are all in this together. Be safe and take care of each other.
1984: The year “Purple Rain” and “Born in the U.S.A.” came out on this thing called a cassette. Also the year
@DellTech
was born doing business as PC’s Limited. Thankful for 36 years of technology advancements!
Congratulations to
@POTUS
Biden and
@VP
Harris. We are eager to work together on urgent issues by supporting pandemic recovery, rebuilding global relationships and increasing access to education. It’s time to come together and progress forward.
#InaugurationDay
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More dudes are getting a
@Dell
than ever.
Last year we shipped 52,132,000 PCs. That’s…
142,827 every day
5,951 every hour
99 every minute
1.65 every second of the year
Our Chairman and CEO
@MichaelDell
named a 'CEO of the Decade' in a ranking that considers not only financial accomplishment, but how leaders are making a positive social impact: Thank you
@Enderle
!
Congratulations to our newest
@DellTech
#DellMatchPlay
winner,
@bubbawatson
! 🏆 And thank you to all the fans, volunteers, staff and athletes who made this year a success!
Namaste and Thanks to all of our customers for making
@DellTech
@DellEMC
@Dell
#1
in 🇮🇳 India! And a huge thanks also to all of our team members for their dedication! 🏆 🥇
Proud to see
@GregAbbott_TX
tap
@DellTech
's SVP of Worldwide Procurement Keith Miears to serve as Supply Chain Director for the state of Texas to help ensure health care facilities have the supplies they need. 😷👍
Since the post-PC era started, close to 6 billion PCs have been sold. PC demand is even stronger now in the do it from anywhere world.
Now we're in the post post PC era
... the American political system and our way of life. This attempted subversion of our democracy is an attack against us all, and we must stand together, united, in the defense of our values and our country.
Congratulations
@PGelsinger
on being named to
@FortuneMagazine
's 2018 Businessperson of the Year list! I appreciate your great leadership at
@VMWare
that positions our
@DellTech
family so well for the future.
If you or someone you know needs help paying for food, paying bills, or has other needs go to . It lists free & reduced-cost services in every city in America and highlights hundreds of programs supporting people who have been impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Just finished excellent and very thoughtful new book
@AdamMGrant
. Highly recommend.
Be more curious. Use the scientific method. Learn how to unlearn and rethink.