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How much do you really know about Michael Dell? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Michael Dell started his computer business from his college dorm room at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Easy
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He founded PCs Limited in 1984 from his dorm room, later rebranding it as Dell Computer Corporation.

2.

Michael Dell has a net worth exceeding $50 billion as of the mid-2020s, largely from his Dell and VMware holdings.

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Easy
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His wealth is tied to Dell Technologies and VMware spin-offs; Forbes estimates it well over $50 billion.

3.

Michael Dell took his company private in 2013 in a $24.4 billion leveraged buyout.

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✓ TRUE

He partnered with Silver Lake to take Dell private, one of the largest buyouts in tech history.

4.

Dell's first product was a custom-built IBM-compatible PC sold under the name 'Turbo PC'.

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The Turbo PC, sold in 1985, featured an Intel 8088 processor and was marketed directly to customers.

5.

Michael Dell was the youngest CEO ever to lead a Fortune 500 company.

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Medium
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Though he became CEO at 27, Mark Zuckerberg and others younger have held that title; Dell wasn't the youngest.

6.

Dell once sold a used kidney to raise initial capital for his company.

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This is a myth; Dell used savings from a newspaper delivery job and family loans, not an organ sale.

7.

Michael Dell personally wrote the original code for Dell's first accounting software.

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Dell was never a programmer; he focused on business strategy and assembly; others wrote the code.

8.

Michael Dell once turned down an offer to buy out Bill Gates and Microsoft in the 1990s.

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No such offer existed; Dell and Microsoft actually partnered closely, and Gates was far larger at the time.

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