Michael Dell vs Anand Eswaran

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.

Anand Eswaran

CEO of Veeam Software

BIO: Anand Eswaran is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Veeam. Anand’s strategic vision, inclusive leadership and execution focus has created a track record of building and leading high growth successful global businesses. Prior to joining Veeam, Anand led RingCentral to accelerating growth and innovation, as their President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Prior to RingCentral, Anand was responsible for Microsoft’s Enterprise Commercial and Public Sector business globally. Earlier in his tenure at Microsoft, he led Microsoft Services, Industry & Digital, Customer Care, and Customer Success — a global team of 24,000 professionals. Prior to joining Microsoft, Anand was the Executive Vice President of the $5.4B Global Services business at SAP, leading 17,000 business process and technology professionals to accelerate customer and partner value creation through SAP’s enterprise applications. He has held multiple other leadership roles including Vice President of Global Software Services at HP, Vice President of Global Professional Services at Vignette (now OpenText), and Senior Manager at Braun Consulting (now Fair Isaac). Anand is a founding member of the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) and served on the executive advisory board for 12 years. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and engineering from University of Missouri-Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from University of Mumbai, India. He is married and has two children.