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How Michael Dell Got $12 Billion Richer Out of the Public Eye

  • Value of stake in company quadrupled since 2013 take-private
  • He transformed the firm and listed on the NYSE late last month
Michael Dell

Michael Dell

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Michael Dell’s return to the public markets after a protracted absence has helped make him $12 billion wealthier.

The man who became famous selling computers more cheaply over a newish thing called the internet retreated from Wall Street’s glare in 2013, delisting a company in which he held a stake of just $3.8 billion as sales of personal computers sagged.