Billionaire Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, were among the supporters of the Trump Accounts for children to get an early start on their savings. While the Dells gave away $6.25 billion in late 2025, the Dell Technologies CEO is enjoying a nice boost to his net worth in 2026.<\/p>\n
Michael Dell has been a prominent figure on the top 10 billionaires list from Bloomberg for the past several years, but fell just shy of 10th place to end 2025.<\/p>\n
With a year-to-date gain of $24.6 billion reported by Bloomberg, Dell is back in the top 10 and quietly climbing up the leaderboard. Dell ranked in seventh place, worth $165 billion on Monday.<\/p>\n
The seventh-place ranking and $4.9 billion gain on the day came with Dell shares jumping Monday on a report that NVIDIA Corp could be looking to purchase Dell or another computer company.<\/p>\n
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Nvidia later denied the report, sending Dell shares down after market close on Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Dell shares closed at $189.79 Monday after hitting new all-time highs of $191.37 during the day. On Tuesday, shares closed down 2.79% to $184.51, likely hurting Dell’s net worth one day later. As of Tuesday, Dell shares are up 44.4% year-to-date in 2026.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Dell was $40 billion behind sixth-place Larry Ellison and only $3 billion ahead of eighth-place Bernard Arnault.<\/p>\n
According to Bloomberg, Dell’s net worth is made up of three key components, his nearly 40% stake in Dell, his large stake in Broadcom Inc and his cash holdings.<\/p>\n
Dell acquired a large stake in Broadcom after the company bought VMWare, which was previously spun out from Dell. Broadcom stock is up 9.5% year-to-date.<\/p>\n
The Dells pledged $6.25 billion for Trump Accounts in 2025, good for a $250 donation to any child 10 and under who opened a savings account under the president\u2019s initiative.<\/p>\n