Texas philanthropists Michael and Susan Dell are now considered\u00a0the largest donors in University of Texas at Austin’s history after announcing a $750 gift funding an advanced research campus and a medical center equipped with AI technology.<\/p>\n
Here’s a brief introduction to Susan and Michael Dell.<\/p>\n
Yes. Michael Dell is the chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, which is headquartered in Round Rock outside Austin.<\/p>\n
Michael Dell was born in Houston in 1965 and once sold newspaper subscriptions for the Houston Post, according to a biography by Bloomberg. He attended the University of Texas before dropping out to start his computer business.<\/p>\n
Late last year, the Dells said they would invest $6.25 billion into “Trump Accounts,” a federal program setting aside investments for U.S. children before they turn 18. Their donation would provide 25 million children who are 10 years and younger with $250 each.<\/p>\n
The Dells have now donated more than $1 billion to UT, becoming the university’s first-ever billion-dollar donors. They have funded\u00a0scholarships, made capital investments and helped develop programs for years, bolstering UT’s standing in technology, AI and health, according to the university.<\/p>\n
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation oversees 800 projects across the world each year, according to its website. Its output exceeds $10 billion, which they’ve allocated to classrooms, job opportunities, health care and financial services for families and entrepreneurs, the website states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas philanthropists Michael and Susan Dell are now considered\u00a0the largest donors in University of Texas at Austin’s history…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-261157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}