Who owns Dell?

Dell Technologies Inc. is an American company in Round Rock, Texas, with its Class C stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It has no parent company, but it is founder-controlled: Michael Dell holds 40.9% of all outstanding common stock and, with a family trust, about 77.5% of the voting power. Together with Silver Lake that rises to roughly 91.7%.

United States connection

Direct

Origin: United States
Headquarters: Round Rock, United States
Sourced connections: 4

High confidenceLast checked Oct 2026

Key facts

Company: Dell Technologies Inc.
Founded: 1984
Origin: United States
Headquarters: Round Rock, United States
Ownership: Public company
Parent company: Independent
Listed on: NYSE: DELL
Manufacturing: Unknown
Operations in the United States: Yes

Why Whownit classifies Dell this way

Origin
Headquarters
Founder holds about 77.5% of voting power
Michael Dell holds 40.9% of all outstanding common stock including 89.2% of Class A; with the Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust that is about 77.5% of total voting power.
Reincorporated in Texas on 1 July 2026

Sources: company filingsAll sources

Ownership snapshot

Dell
Dell Technologies Inc.
owned by
Public shareholders

Independent company

Dell Technologies Inc. is a publicly traded company with no parent company.

Country connections

Each relationship is recorded separately, with its own sources.

United StatesOrigin · Headquarters · Major shareholder · Incorporation4 connections
- Origin
  Direct
  - sec.gov: Dell Technologies Inc. 2026 proxy statement (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
  Direct
  - sec.gov: Dell Technologies Inc. Form 10-K, fiscal year 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- Major shareholder
  Direct
  Michael Dell holds 40.9% of all outstanding common stock including 89.2% of Class A; with the Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust that is about 77.5% of total voting power.
  - sec.gov: Dell Technologies Inc. Form 10-K, fiscal year 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  - sec.gov: Dell Technologies Inc. 2026 proxy statement (opens in a new tab)
- Incorporation
  Direct
  - sec.gov: Dell Technologies Inc. Form 8-K, redomestication (opens in a new tab)

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Sources

Primary sources are listed first. Facts on this page were last checked in Oct 2026.

sec.gov
Dell Technologies Inc. 2026 proxy statement (opens in a new tab)
SEC filingAccessed Oct 1, 2026
sec.gov
Dell Technologies Inc. Form 8-K, redomestication (opens in a new tab)
SEC filingAccessed Oct 1, 2026
sec.gov
Dell Technologies Inc. Form 10-K, fiscal year 2026 (opens in a new tab)
SEC filingAccessed Oct 1, 2026

Quick answers

Who owns Dell?

Dell Technologies Inc. is a publicly traded company with no parent company.

Which country owns Dell?

No company owns Dell: it is publicly traded on NYSE and has no parent company, so its shares are held by public shareholders.

Where is Dell from?

Founded in 1984 in Austin, Texas, in a University of Texas dorm room by Michael Dell. Dell Technologies Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in January 2013 and redomesticated to Texas on 1 July 2026.

Where is Dell headquartered?

Dell is headquartered in Round Rock, United States.

Is Dell an American company?

Whownit records 4 sourced connections between Dell and the United States (Origin, Headquarters, Major shareholder, Incorporation). At least one is direct — through the company itself.