Michael Dell vs Charles Liang

Michael Dell

CEO of Dell Technologies

BIO: Mr. Michael S. Dell has been the Chief Executive Officer at Dell Corporation Limited since 1992. Mr. Dell serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Dell Technologies Inc. He founded MSD Capital, L.P. in 1998 for the purpose of managing his and his family's investments. He is the Founder of MSDC Management, L.P. He founded Dell Inc. in 1984 and has been Chief Executive Officer since January 31, 2007 and Chairman since 1984, since the closing of Dell Inc.'s going-private transaction in October 2013, Denali Holding Inc. He is the Founder of MSD Partners, L.P. He has been an Executive Officer of Compellent Technologies, Inc. since February 22, 2011. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Dell Inc. from 1984 to July 2004. He was a Partner of SkyBridge Capital II, LLC. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Ventures. He serves as the Chairman of Dell Corporation Limited and Dell Technologies Inc. He has been the Non-Executive Chairman and Non-Executive Director of SecureWorks Corp. since December 11, 2015. He has been the Chairman and Director of VMware, Inc. since September 7, 2016. Mr. Dell served as the Chairman and Director of Dell Ventures. He has been a Non-Independent Director of Dell Inc. since May 1984. He serves as a Director of Catalyst Inc. He has been an Executive Director of Dell Technologies Inc. since October 2013. He has been a Director of Startup America Partnership, LLC since August 23, 2011. He serves as the President of The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation having co-founded in 1999 to provide philanthropic support to a variety of global causes. He is an Honorary Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum. He serves as a Member of the Technology CEO Council and is a Member of the U.S. Business Council and the Business Roundtable. He also serves as a Member of Governing Board of Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India. He serves as a Board Member of Catalyst, Inc. In June 2014, Mr. Dell was named the United Nations foundation's first Global Advocate for Entrepreneurship.

Charles Liang

CEO of Super Micro Computer

BIO: Mr. Charles Liang founded Super Micro Computer, Inc. in September 1993 and has been its Chief Executive Officer & President since September 1993. Mr. Liang has been developing server system architectures and technologies for two decades and granted many server technology patents. Subsequent notable patents include a redundant cooling power supply technology (1998) and a method and architecture for monitoring the health of servers across data networks (2000). He served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of OSRAM GmbH since September 1993. From July 1991 to August 1993, he served as President and Chief Design Engineer of Micro Center Computer Inc., and from January 1988 to April 1991, he served as Senior Design Engineer and Project Leader for Chips & Technologies Inc., and Suntek Information International Group. He worked on high-tech projects and designed several outstanding products such as a microprocessor-based PH and ion analyzer. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Super Micro Computer, Inc. since September 1993. Mr. Liang has been a Director of Super Micro Computer, Inc. since September 1993. He served as a Director of OSRAM GmbH since September 1993. His studies at Arlington focused on Advanced Digital systems and he developed a working model for a medical expert system that diagnosed illnesses. He holds many coveted technology patents, some of which were awarded while he was still in university. Mr. Liang studied M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University of Science & Technology in Taiwan.