Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas) is an American multibillionaire businessman and the founder and CEO of Dell, Inc.
迈克尔索尔戴尔(1965年2月23日生于德克萨斯的休斯顿)是一位具有亿万身家的美国企 业家，也是戴尔公司的创始人及首席执行官。
Dell was born into a family which liberally practiced Judaism. The son of an orthodontist and a stockbroker，Dell attended Herod Elementary School in Houston, Texas. Dell had his first encounter with a computer at the age of 15 when he broke down a brand new Apple II computer and rebuilt it, just to see if he could. Dell attended Memorial High School in Houston where he did not excel academically. During that time he did however exhibit formidable business instincts selling subscriptions for the Houston Post. Selling to newlyweds Dell made $18,000 and bought a car and three computers with it.
戴尔出生在一个开放的犹太教家庭。他的父亲是个矫正牙医，母亲则是位股票经纪人，戴尔的 母校是德克萨斯州休斯顿的Herod小学。戴尔首次接触电脑是在他15岁的时候，当时他拆了一台崭新的苹果二代电脑然后又重新装了回去，只是想试试他是不是可 以重组电脑。戴尔的高中在休斯顿的纪念高中度过,在那里他学习 上的表现并不太好。然而那时他却显示出了惊人的商业天赋,他替 《休斯顿邮报》拉客户。通过向新婚夫妇出售报纸戴尔挣到了1.8万 美元，并用这些钱买了一辆车和三台电脑。
While at the University of Texas at Austin, he started a computer company called PC’s Limited in his room in Dobie Center. The company became successful enough that, with the help of an additional loan from his grandparents, Dell dropped out of the university at the age of 19 to run PC’s Limited, which later became Dell Computer Corporation, then ultimately Dell, Inc.
当戴尔还在德克萨斯大学读书的时候，他就在多比中心注册 了一家名为PC的有限公司。这家公司相当成功，再加上他祖父母给 予的额外资金’戴尔19岁的时候从大学退学并开始经营PC有限公 司,之后改名为戴尔电脑公司，最后成为戴尔有限公司。
Over time, and despite a number of setbacks (including laptops that caught on fire in 1993, temporarily losing the consumer market to Gateway in the mid 1990s, and others), Dell survived the race to become the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world, with sales of $49 billion and profits of $3 billion in 2004. As Dell expanded its product line to more than computers, shareholders voted to rename the corporation Dell, Inc. in 2003.
随着时间的推移，尽管遭遇了一系列挫折(包括1993年的笔记 本起火事件,使其在上世纪90年代中期暂时损失了一部分消费者 市场给Gateway和其他公荀),戴尔在竞争中生存下来并且成为了 全球收益最好的个人电脑制造商。2004年的销售额为490亿美元， 盈利30亿美元。随着戴尔开始扩展产品品种，股东们在2003年投票 通过将公司更名为戴尔有限公司。
On March 4，2004，he stepped down as CEO of Dell but stayed as chairman of the board, while Kevin B. Rollins, then president and COO, became president and CEO. On January 31, 2007，Dell returned as CEO, succeeding Kevin Rollins (who resigned earlier in the day).
2004年3月4日，他离任戴尔公司首席执行官一职，但仍旧是董 事会的董事，而当时的总裁和首席运营官凯文罗宾斯接替他出 任总裁兼首席执行官。2007年1月31日，戴尔接替凯文罗宾斯重 新出任首席执行官(罗宾斯在当天较早的时候离任)。
Accolades for Dell include: “Entrepreneur of the Year” from Inc. magazine; “Man of the Year” from PC Magazine', “Top CEO in American Business” from Worth Magazine; “CEO of the Year” from Financial World, Industry Week and Chief Executive Magazine. At a speech before the Detroit Economic Club in November, 1999, Dell defined the “3 C，s” of e-commerce (content, commerce, and community) while articulating his strategy for offering a superior customer experience online.
对于戴尔的赞誉包括:《Inc杂志》评选的“年度企业家'《PC杂志》评选的“年度人物％《价值杂志》评选的“美国商界顶级首席执行官”;《财经世界》、《工业周刊》 和《首席执行杂志》评选的“年度首席执行官”。1999年11月，在底特律经济俱乐部的一次演讲上,戴 尔对电子商务的“3C”进行了定义，即内容、商业和社区。同时清楚地阐明了他为客户提供卓越上网 体验的营销战略。
On May 15，2006，The University of Texas at Austin announced a $50 million grant from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to “bring excellence in children’s health and education to Austin”. The grant will enable the construction of three new facilities at the university. The first is the Dell Pediatric Research Institute which is expected to complement the new Dell Children’s Medical Center nearby. The second is a new computer science building on the UT campus named Dell Computer Science Hall. The third is the Michael and Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, which is intended to address issues that affect healthy childhood development.
2006年5月15日，位于奥斯丁的德克萨斯大学宣布收到来自戴尔夫妇基金会5000万美元的捐 赠，这笔资金旨在“使奥斯丁的孩子们能茁壮健康并且受到良好教育”。由于这笔捐款，这所大学新 增了 3个建筑。第一个就是戴尔儿科研究所，用于完善附近的戴尔儿童医疗中心。第二个是在德克 萨斯大学校园内新建的一栋计算机科学楼，被称为戴尔计算机科学厅。第三个便是为了提高健康 生活质量的戴尔夫妇中心，旨在解决影响儿童健康发展的问题。
In 2002, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Economic Science from the University of Limerick, in honor of his investment in Ireland and the local community along with his support for educational initiatives.
2002年,他被列莫瑞克大学授予经济科学荣誉教授，以表彰他对爱尔兰和当地社区的投资和 对教育事业的支持。
In 1998，Michael Dell founded MSD Capital LP, a private investment firm, to invest in various small companies on Dell’s behalf. According to reports, the firm tends to invest in “late stage” investments rather than early in a company’s startup.
1998年，迈克尔戴尔创立了一家私人投资公苟——MSD资本有限契约公司，代表戴尔向 各种小企业进行投资。根据报道，这家公司倾向于“后期”投资，而不是在公司起步时对其进行早 期投资。