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Michael Dell and Dell
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- 0:00Carl Icahn tried to stop Michael Dell
- 0:01from buying his own company. This is
- 0:03Michael Dell. He started the company in
- 0:05his dorm room at 19. By 2013, the PC
- 0:08business was dying and Wall Street had
- 0:10given up on Dell. So, he made an offer.
- 0:12He would buy the whole company and take
- 0:13it private. $25 billion.
- 0:16Then Carl Icahn showed up. [music] The
- 0:17most feared investor on Wall Street
- 0:19bought a stake and went to war. He
- 0:21called the price a giveaway. He sued.
- 0:22[music] He offered his own plan. For 7
- 0:25months, Dell fought the man who fought
- 0:26everyone. September 2013, [music]
- 0:28the shareholders voted. Dell won. Out of
- 0:31the public markets, he bet everything.
- 0:332016, he bought EMC for 67 billion,
- 0:36[music] the biggest tech deal ever made.
- 0:38Then he took the company public again.
- 0:39Today, Dell is worth over $360 billion,
- 0:42[music]
- 0:4314 times what he paid for it. Follow
- 0:45Vibe Economies for more.
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