Type: Public
On the web: http://www.dell.com
Employees: 103,300
Employee growth: 7.6%

Dell wants its name to ring from the desktop to the data center. The world's #3 supplier of PCs (behind #1 HP and #2 Lenovo), the company offers a broad range of technology products for the consumer, education, enterprise, and government sectors. In addition to a full line of desktop and notebook PCs, Dell offers network servers, data storage systems, printers, Ethernet switches, and peripherals, such as displays and projectors. It also markets third-party software and hardware. The company's growing services unit provides asset recovery, financing, infrastructure consulting, support, systems integration, and training. Dell generates nearly half of its revenues outside the US.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending January, 2011:
Sales: $61,494.0M
One year growth: 16.2%
Net income: $2,635.0M
Income growth: 83.9%

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Michael S. Dell
Vice Chairman Global Operations and End User Computing Solutions: Jeffrey W. (Jeff) Clarke
SVP and CFO: Brian T. Gladden

Competitors:
Acer
IBM
Lenovo

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