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Play Nice But Win
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Play Nice But Win

A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader

Michael DellPortfolio • 2021

One Man, One Company

by David Meyer

Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, recounts how he built his company from nothing and persevered through management issues and corporate raids to keep his business strong.

Driven Entrepreneur

When Michael Dell, future chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, headed out to play ball in the neighborhood, his parents always told him, “Play nice but win.”

By age 13, Dell had saved $1,298 from working part-time jobs to buy an Apple II computer. His parents were appalled when he opened the box and disassembled the machine. Obsessed with computers, he needed to know how they worked.


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