On October 6, 1997, in response to the question of what he’d do if he was in charge of Apple, Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell stood before a crowd of several thousand IT executives and answered flippantly, “What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.”
A little more than a month later, on November 10, 1997, new Apple Interim CEO (iCEO) Steve Jobs responded, speaking in front of an image of Michael Dell’s bulls-eye covered face, “We’re coming after you, you’re in our sights.”
On January 13, 2006, after a little more than eight years of hard work, Apple Inc. passed Dell, Inc. in market value, $72.13 billion vs. $71.97 billion at market close, respectively.
• 2X: On July 27, 2007, Apple’s value doubled that of Dell’s, $127.81 billion vs. $63.65 billion, respectively.
• 3X: On December 6, 2007, Apple’s market value passed 3 times that of Dell’s, $165.66 billion vs. $54.42 billion, respectively.
• 4X: On May 01, 2008, Apple’s market value quadrupled that of Dell’s, $158.66 billion vs. $38.97 billion, respectively.
• 5X: On February 12, 2009, Apple rose $2.60 to hit a market value of $88.37 billion or 5 times that of Dell’s $17.52 billion.
• 6X: On October 20, 2009, Apple rose $11.21 to $201.07 to hit a market value of $180.12 billion or more than 6 times that of Dell’s $29.97 billion.
• 7X: On January 26, 2010, Apple gained $7.57 to $210.64 to hit a market value of $189.72 billion or more than 7 times that of Dell’s current $27.03 billion.
• 8X: On May 21, 2010, Apple gained $1.95 to $239.74 to hit a market value of $218.12 billion or more than 8 times that of Dell’s current $25.84 billion.
• 9X: On June 1, 2010, Apple gained $6.89 to $263.77 to hit a market value of $240.01 billion or more than 9 times that of Dell’s current $26.29 billion.
• 10X: On September 9, 2010, Apple gained $1.60 to $265.37 to hit a market value of $242.43 billion or more than 10 times that of Dell’s current $24.21 billion.
• 11X: On September 23, 2010, Apple rose $3.79, or 1.32%, to $291.54 to hit a market value of $266.34 billion or more than 11 times that of Dell’s current $23.81 billion.
• 12X: On January 27, 2011, Apple rose $0.26, or 0.08%, to $344.11 to hit a market value of $317.02 billion or more than 12 times that of Dell’s current $26.02 billion.
• 13X: On August 26, 2011, Apple rose $9.86, or 2.64%, to $383.58 to hit a market value of $355.61 billion or more than 13 times that of Dell’s current $27.29 billion.
• 14X: On September 20, 2011, Apple rose $1.82, or 0.44%, to $413.45 to hit a market value of $383.31 billion or more than 14 times that of Dell’s current $27.15 billion.
• 15X: On February 15, 2012, Apple rose $14.03, or 2.75%, to $523.49 to hit a market value of $486.78 billion or more than 15 times that of Dell’s current $32.37 billion.
• 16X: On february 29, 2012, Apple rose $8.43, or 1.575%, to $543.84 to hit a market value of $505.75 billion or more than 16 times that of Dell’s current $31.35 billion.
• 17X: On March 12, 2012, Apple rose $3.27, or 0.60%, to $548.44 to hit a market value of $512.33 billion or more than 17 times that of Dell’s current $29.94 billion.
• 18X: On March 19, 2012, Apple rose $9.94, or 1.70%, to $595.51 to hit a market value of $553.29 billion or more than 18 times that of Dell’s current $30.61 billion.
• 19X: On March 26, 2012, Apple rose $10.93, or 1.83%, to $606.98 to hit a market value of $565.93 billion or more than 19 times that of Dell’s current $29.43 billion.
• 20X: On April 3, 2012, Apple rose $10.49, or 1.70%, to $629.12 to hit a market value of $585.93 billion or more than 20 times that of Dell’s current $29.21 billion.
• 21X, 22X: Today, May 23, 2012, Apple’s market value stands at $520.40 billion or more than 22 times that of Dell’s current $22.90 billion after Dell shed over 15% following another poor earnings report coupled with weak guidance.
Apple is also a debt-free company and currently has well over four times in cash on-hand (now over $100 billion) than Dell Inc. is worth.
Hello, Mikey? Mikey? Miiikeeey?
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “SamLowry” and “Tobias Tate” for the heads up.]
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I read every one of these posts. There’s no need – they only change a few numbers…but the addiction continues.
Love it.
It is the ugly arrogance of Michael Dell that makes these do sweet.
I love reading these posts, even if only a few things change.
I still enjoy these. Anyone know an email address for Michael Dell so we can bring him up to date?
jackass@dell.com
Mmmm…
Nothing like a nice, toasty mug of schadenfreude in the morning.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer person. Well done, Mikey.
Ironic that Apple will build a new campus in Austin, down the road from Dell. Austin will hardly remember the era of the dellionaires,
Let’s make it 23 times @ 10:48EST
Talk about your words coming back to bite you in the ass. Bet he’s wishing he bought Apple stock instead of opening his mouth and looking like a fool.
This story never gets old.
This is sooo sweet. Love this post.
There has to be a single site (or url) for this topic alone.
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lol, very good.
Wow. How geometric of you.
Dell never had a 2nd Act ready to go.
After 10 years of Apple ramp up, Dell only has an answer in network-cloud somethings.
Studebaker is long gone & …
Boring. Call me when Apple is worth 50 times Dell…so call me in 6 month’s I guess.
MDN, I never get tired of this story.