A Brief Biography of Michael Dell

Steve Jobs was born in California on February 24th, 1955. He has always been an “intelligent and innovative thinker” (Steve Jobs). He was so smart in his younger days that his teachers and principals wanted him to skip from middle school to high school, yet his adopted parents would not allow it. Steve Jobs went to a college called Reed College that is located in Portland, Oregon, yet he dropped out in quite a little amount of time. After dropping out he began to sneak into these classes for creative people at the college. A while after Steve Jobs dropped out he began as a video game designer with a company called Atari, yet he soon dropped out of that as well. Soon later Steve Jobs teamed up with a guy who, ironically, was also named Steve. He and Steve Wozniak started what we know now as the Apple Computer. They went on to thrive with the company that billons of people use today, Apple Inc. Steve later got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that doctors tried to treat but later in the long run, he died. Steve Jobs passed away in October of 2011 when the cancer was just too hard for him to fight. (Steve Jobs)

Steve Jobs was born on February 24th in 1955 from two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave him up for adoption. Paul and Clara Jobs, a lower middle class couple, adopted him. They lived in Mountain valley, California which later became Silicon Valley. Since he grew up in a neighbourhood of engineers, that influenced him from a young age to get into technology. Steve was very intelligent and was an innovative thinker in his youth.He was a prankster at school because of boredom. His fourth grade teacher had to bribe him to study. Steve did so well, that administrators tried to convince his parents to skip him to highschool (which they declined). When Steve jobs went to highschool, he met Steve Wozniak. Although Steve Wozniak was 18 and Steve Jobs was 13, they clicked quickly because of their interest in computers.

Keith Maxwell is the Vice President in charge of Worldwide Operations, for Dell Computer Corporation. Dell Computer’s was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell in his University of Texas dorm room, and by 1999 the company grew to market over $98Billion. Dell was the second growing largest personal computer manufacturers, just behind Compaq in the growing PC industry. Dell

One of the most recently renowned innovators was Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, to a pair of graduate students who gave him up for adoption because their parents did not want them to marry. Steve’s mother taught him how to read

Chapter two (Krames, 2003) depicts the values, journey and leadership style of Michael Dell. Michael Dell is the founder and CEO of Dell, Inc. According to the author, Michael had an entrepreneurial gene in him since the childhood. He started his first business Dell Stamps when he was 12. Michael started his revolutionary journey of Dell Computer Corporation when he was 19 year old. He was the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company at the age of 27.

On 04/22/16, Ken'Dell came to school with a red scratch mark on his face. The reporter stated that the child isnt complaining of pain or needs any medical treatment. According to the reporter, Ken'Dell told her the scratch on his face came from running into a pole. According to the reporter, the child told he ran into a pole while chasing his baby brother, that chased a cat. The reporter stated that the children were not properly supervised and was outside the home alone. Ms. Pendleton stated there are not any prior concerns and the child's basic needs are being met. Ms. Pendelton stated her primary concern is the proper supervision.

On February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California, Steven Paul Jobs was born. More commonly known as Steve Jobs, he was the subject of adoption. His birth mother was not married and was forced to let her child go to Paul and Clara Jobs. They later adopted another child (Patty Jobs) that would become Steve’s younger sister. From an early age, Steve loved working with machines and technology. During Jobs’ junior year in high school, he met Steve “Woz” Wozniak, who was almost 5 years older than Jobs. In college, Woz focused mainly on fun, not as much grades. He had to drop out of college and return home. Jobs also dropped out of college, but after the first semester.

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. Gates began to show interest in computers at the age of 13 at the Lakeside Private School. He pursued his passion thought college. Going out on his own with his friend and business partner Paul Allen, Gates found himself at the right place at the right time. While technology was advancing, he built the world’s largest software business, Microsoft. While doing so… he became the world’s richest man.

       Steve Paul Jobs was born on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California to Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah “John” Jandal. Soon after his birth his, parents gave him up for adoption. The people that adopted him were Clara and Paul Jobs. Steve was always an intelligent and "innovative thinker, his teachers needed to bribe him to study." He did very well in school, the administrators

William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business philanthropist, author, and is chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with more than 8 percent of the common stock. He has also authored and co-authored several books.

The proposal presented herein gives the background information of Dell Computers Corporation highlighting the current operation for the manufacture of computers. The proposal highlights the potential of the company to increase its market share and profitability through change of its culture from order based to inventory base.

Dell Computer Corporation was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell. From the early 1990s until the mid-2000s, Dell was ranked as a PC market leader relying on their distinctive marketing pattern “Direct Model” which undertook direct communication with customers and provided customized products. Recently, the PC industry is facing inconceivable worldwide competition, and Dell is gradually losing their competitive advantages by using its direct model in critical business segments. The company is facing shrinkage of growth, increasing competition, declining quality of customer service, and limitation of expansion. These issues have an enormous impact on Dell’s position as a technological giant in the PC industry.

Dell is the most successful company in PC industry of 21st century. It has shown phenomenal growth record over the past decades & listed as America’s third most admired company. Their core strength lies in Direct model offering closer customer interaction and Virtual Integration. This is giving a low cost advantage to Dell and its competitors are not able to imitate this model for all these years.

REF OF GROUP MEMBERS’: TABLE 1 : 5 C’s SITUATION ANALYSIS Factors Dell Company: Resources 1.4 Licensing, Distribution channel, Supply • Intellectual property, Human resources, Patent, Competences Brand acuity1 chain management 24 25 Techno structure • Just-in-Time; CRM; Engineer R&D, Acquisition

The most important questions facing Dell was – how to grow and at what cost. The purpose of this research is to analyze Dell’s core strategy, its working capital management, and come up with a plan to finance its future growth by evaluating its financial statements.