This story appears in the August/September 2021 issue of Forbes Magazine. SubscribeMichael Dell on the cover of Forbes magazine, August 2021. Without many having noticed, Michael Dell has pulled off one of the great deals of all time, taking private his seemingly washed-up eponymous computer maker and transforming it, again, into one of the world’s most important tech companies. In the process, he’s built himself a $50 billion fortune without fanfare or bravado. And like Michael Dell himself, Gara shows that in a world that typically rewards the loudest voices in the short term, long-term success—and real impact—comes instead through understated excellence.

Source: Forbes August 16, 2021 18:10 UTC