A Conversation with Dell Technologies Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Dell

Dell Technologies Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell sat down with Boston Globe Managing Director Linda Henry at the November 28 meeting of the Boston College Chief Executives Club. The discussion began with Dell's early years, when as a college freshman he founded the company that bears his name, and continued to the acquisition of EMC in 2016—the largest merger in technology industry history. Reflecting on the advantages of leading a private company, Dell said, "we can make decisions quickly, and we can also take on risks that you probably wouldn't take on as a public company." Dell also spoke about the role of computing power in what’s been described as the Fourth Industrial Revolution as well as the expansion of information technology into all business areas. "What we're seeing is information technology breaking out of information technology into every field. You can't do anything, can't buy a product, sell a product, or make a product—big or small company—without technology.