Dell Technologies Inc. DELL Chief Executive

What Michael Dell says in public, and what their own SEC filings show they own.

Michael Dell

Michael Dell

Chairman & CEO · Dell Technologies Inc.

Founded the company in his University of Texas dorm room in 1984; took Dell private in 2013 in a $24.9 billion LBO and returned it to public markets in 2018 via the DVMT tracking-stock merger. Remains majority owner and controls the board.

What they own

Ownership

Skin in the game
42/ 100
Level 2Aligned

Dell owns 45.7% of Dell Technologies Inc., worth $134.60B at the last close.

SEC filings
316
Stake 45.7% of the class on the latest 13G/A — a stake no board can route around 35/35
Founder No career file yet — the founder axis scores zero until one exists 0/15
Tenure Start date not on file — tenure scores zero until it is 0/10
Track record No career file yet — prior companies score zero until one exists 0/15
Direction Net seller — 6.3M shares ($1.00B) sold in the last year 0/15
Discipline 2 late Form 4s in 316 filings 7/10

Score = stake band (35) + founder (15) + tenure (10) + track record (15) + 12-month direction (−10…15) + filing discipline (10). Every input links to a filing or to the career file; the bands are ours.

Reported · Forms 3, 4, 5 49.8M Every lot on the person's own filings, as of Dec 20, 2023
Paper trail 2 late filings Form 4 covering a 2025-03-26 open-market purchase in 5C Lending Partners Corp. was filed 2025-05-20, 39 business days later; Section 16 allows two.
Reported Dell Technologies Inc. shares Forms 3, 4 and 5 · as of 2023-12-20
0100M200M300M 200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023 49.8M
How the stake is held
SecurityHeld viaShares
Common StockSpouse26,984,832
Class C Common StockDirect15,412,241
Common StockMSD/SLD 1997 Gift Trusts2,964,869
Common StockMSD/SLD Gift Trust2,964,869
Class C Common StockSusan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Property Trust1,380,000
Common StockEmployer 401(k) Plan95,827
Reported as of 2023-12-2049,802,638
Held directly
31%
Vehicles
5 trusts or entities
Share classes
2
Last filing
Dec 20, 2023
Every issuer Michael Dell files as an insider of
CompanyRoleReportedBeneficial% of class
VMW VMWARE LLC Director 371M
2023-11-22
DELL Dell Technologies Inc. This page Chief Executive Officer 296M
2025-10-09
266M 45.7%
DELL: 29,968,561 shares on the Section 16 filings are excluded from the SCHEDULE 13G/A figure — read the cover page for why.
DELL DELL INC This page Chief Executive Officer 50M
2023-12-20
NONE Diameter Dynamic Credit Fund Director 28M
2026-04-24
HAYW Hayward Holdings, Inc. Director 16M
2024-11-15
LTH Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. Director 12M
2021-10-12
NONE MSD Investment Corp. Director 10M
2025-11-19
NSAM NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc. Director 6,506,876
2017-01-10
NONE 5C Lending Partners Corp. Director 6,302,457
2026-07-24
SCHS SCHOOL SPECIALTY INC Director 4,768,999
2013-01-29
NONE Owl Rock Capital Corp Director 3,382,982
2016-06-29
ABG ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC Director 3,144,232
2019-02-07
TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc. Director 1,952,549
2024-11-18
DIN Dine Brands Global, Inc. Director 773,959
2023-03-04
SCWX SecureWorks Corp · exited Director
2025-02-03
ICD Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. · exited Director
2022-12-21
PVTL Pivotal Software, Inc. · exited Director
2019-12-30

Reported is every lot on the person's own Forms 3, 4 and 5 — direct and through trusts. Beneficial is the figure stated on the latest Schedule 13D/G cover page, which can exclude shares the person disclaims and include options exercisable within 60 days, so the two are never added together.

Paper trail
  • Sale 2025-11: sold 1,466,039 MSD Investment Corp. shares for $34,745,118 via See Footnotes, with the 10b5-1 box unticked (1 filing). Filing ↗
  • Form 144 Form 144 filed 2025-10-09 announces an intended sale. Filing ↗
  • Sale 2025-10: sold 6,253,968 Dell Technologies Inc. shares for $1,000,053,261, with the 10b5-1 box unticked (1 filing). Filing ↗
  • Form 144 Form 144 filed 2025-06-26 announces an intended sale. Filing ↗
  • Late Form 4 covering a 2025-03-26 open-market purchase in 5C Lending Partners Corp. was filed 2025-05-20, 39 business days later; Section 16 allows two. Filing ↗
  • Late Form 4 covering a 2024-12-23 open-market purchase in 5C Lending Partners Corp. was filed 2025-03-03, 46 business days later; Section 16 allows two. Filing ↗

316 filings under CIK 0000908724 · captured 2026-09-05 · All filings on EDGAR ↗

In their own words

Podcasts, interviews & articles

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