Michael Dell
The founder of Dell, who started the company in a dorm room at 19 and still runs it as one of the largest makers of PCs, servers, and AI infrastructure.
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Pay vs performance
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Why this pay?
- Because he owns a huge economic stake in the company, Dell takes no equity compensation. His fiscal 2026 pay of about $3.4 million is just salary plus a cash incentive tied to financial targets — modest for a founder-CEO precisely because his wealth rides on the shares he already holds.
Quick facts
Compensation breakdown
DEF 14ATakes no stock or option grants — he already owns a large stake in the company. Source: Dell 2026 Proxy (FY2026) →
Compensation history
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every filing on Dell Technologies, one hop awayCareer
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Every figure ties to a filing. Compensation is the total from Dell Technologies's Summary Compensation Table for FY2026(grant-date values, which can differ from what an executive realizes when awards vest). We publish what the filings say, and we don't grade people. Photo: mikeandryan / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons.