A short introduction, journey, success and failure about Micheal Saul Dell.

1. DELL.INC
Pooja Agrawal

2. Introduction about Michael Dell
• Micheal Saul Dell (born February 23,1965) is
an American business magnate and the
founder, chairman and chief executive
officer of Dell Inc.
• He is the 44th richest person in the world,
with the net worth of US$14.6 billion in
2011.

3. Acquisition of EMC
• On October 12,2015, Dell
announced its intent to
acquire the enterprise
software and storage
company EMC Corporation.
• At $67 billion, it has been
labeled the “highest value
tech acquisition in history”.
The acquisition was finalized
September 7,2016.

4. Journey of Micheal S. Dell
• At the beginning of his career or journey, Michael S dell From
teenage, kept doing several part time jobs from where he would
collect money to invest in precious metal and stocks business.
• When Dell was at the University of Texas, in 1984, he began his
computer company “PCs Limited” with his pocket money $1000.
• In 1989, at the age of 24, Dell got the “Entrepreneur of the Year”
given by Inc. magazine. Worth magazine honored him with the
“Top CEO in American Business”

5. Failure of Micheal S. Dell
• As reported by Business Insider at the time, annual
revenues had only increased by about 2 percent, and a
$2.4 billion net profit in the fiscal year ending in
February 2013 turned into a $1.2 billion loss in January
2015.
• Dell was still selling computers, but computers alone just
weren’t enough for the company to survive.

6. • That all changed with EMC. In October 2015, Dell announced
plans to acquire the data storage company for $67 billion, the
largest deal in the history of the technology sector. It gave
Dell a second chance at life.
• Michael has gone his whole career failing from one project
to another, but he has always maintained that what he
learned, in the end, is invaluable.
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7. Cont..
• In 1993 after 14 successful quarters he
ran into trouble. Dell had grown too
large to fast, this causes inventory
management, accounting and product
forecasting problem.
• Dell ultimate mistake was not
understanding the rapidly developing
laptop computer market.

8. SWOT ANALYSIS
STRENGTH
 Production adaptability
 Financial position
 Product reliability
 Competitive prices
OPPORTUNITIES
 Global market
 Internet usage
 Outsourcing
 E-commerce
 Maintaining low price leadership
 Global presence
WEAKNESSES
 Rapid I.T. advancement
 Price war
 Strong brands in the market(IBM)
THREADS
 I.T. advancement
 Price war
 Changing consumer needs
 Strong brands in the market(IBM)
 HP / Compaq merger
 Emerging market

9. Finding and suggestion
Dell has lost its No.1 position in the worldwide PC market in the Q4
of 2006In the third and fourth quarters of 2006, Dell’s worldwide
market share percentage declined from 17.2% in Q3 to 13.9% in Q4.
As a result, HP with 17.4% in Q4 has become the biggest PC seller in
the world and Dell has lost the position which it had maintained
since 2003. However, for the whole sales of 2006, Dell managed to
keep its No.1 position, which the percentage of market share of Dell
and HP was 17.1% and 17% respectively.

10. Conclusion
How it effects Dell
• DELL, literally has no market shares in tablet and smartphone
segment. It solely depend in laptops and desktops in consumer
market for its revenue.
• Due to decline in PC sales, Dell profits plunged by 47% in 2012.
• The much hyped window 8 didn’t play any part in increasing PC
sales.

11. THE END