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Dell Technologies$DELL · filed: grew revenue 18.8% in FY2026 to $113.5BWeathered boatTrillion Score 415Fall Risk LowNext year $105.3B–$140.7B sealedCheck ▾Close ▴
What Dell Technologies filed
Grew revenue 18.8% in FY2026 to $113.5 billion, operating margin 7.2% against a 3.1% median for electronic computers, equity -2.4% of assets, and dividend per share up 3 years running. Every figure links to the filing it came from on Dell Technologies’s card. Weathered boat: two warning signs. Trillion Score 415, #37 of 45 in its field; Fall Risk Low (how it is measured).
What the house said in advance
Revenue for the fiscal year after 2026-01-30 between $105.3B and $140.7B, an 80% range sealed on 24 Sept 2026 · receipt #dea931 · graded in public by the revenue in Dell Technologies’s next annual report.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
Michael Dell at **$173B** now outranks Ellison at **$171B** on sustained Dell stock surge; first hardware-over-software wealth reversal since 2019.
$173 billion
as Dell Technologies stock advanced while Oracle shares declined
$171 billion
The ranking shift happened in a single session
3.2%
Wednesday while Oracle dropped
$14 billion
swing in relative market capitalization
Michael Dell moved past Larry Ellison on Wednesday to become the world's fifth-wealthiest person, his net worth reaching approximately $173 billion as Dell Technologies stock advanced while Oracle shares declined. Ellison now sits at roughly $171 billion. The ranking shift happened in a single session, driven by opposing moves in their core holdings.
Dell Technologies added 3.2% Wednesday while Oracle dropped 2.7%, a $14 billion swing in relative market capitalization. Dell's stock has climbed 47% year-to-date, reaching a market cap near $380 billion, while Oracle trades at $520 billion but has gained only 18% this year. Michael Dell owns approximately 46% of Dell Technologies through his family office MSD Capital and related entities. Ellison controls roughly 41% of Oracle. The wealth gap between them had been narrowing since March, when Dell began outpacing Oracle on AI infrastructure spending announcements.
The ranking matters beyond scorekeeping. Michael Dell now commands the fifth-largest concentrated equity position among global billionaires, behind only Musk, Arnault, Bezos, and Zuckerberg. His holdings are heavily levered to enterprise AI deployment cycles, specifically the buildout of private cloud infrastructure for model training and inference. Oracle's positioning tilts toward database modernization and cloud migration, slower-moving revenue streams. Fund managers have been rotating into Dell since February earnings, when management guided to $8.2 billion in AI-optimized server revenue for fiscal 2026, up from $3.1 billion the prior year. That trajectory exceeds Oracle's cloud infrastructure growth rate of 42% year-over-year, which itself is robust but tied to longer sales cycles.
Allocators should watch Dell's August earnings call for updated fiscal Q2 server backlog figures, which will indicate whether the AI infrastructure spend wave sustains through summer. Oracle reports mid-September; database license renewal rates will signal whether legacy revenue streams are stabilizing or still declining. The wealth ranking reversal also shifts family office dynamics. Michael Dell's MSD Capital now manages roughly $18 billion in third-party assets alongside the family's holdings, increasingly focused on AI-adjacent infrastructure plays. Ellison's investment vehicle has been quieter, concentrating on Oracle buybacks and real estate. If Dell Technologies maintains its current premium to Oracle through year-end, Michael Dell would close the gap to $50 billion behind Zuckerberg at fourth.
The last time an enterprise hardware founder ranked above a software founder was 2019, when Michael Dell briefly edged past Steve Ballmer during VMware's peak valuation. That window lasted eleven weeks before closing. This time, the separation is structural: hyperscalers are building capacity faster than software can monetize it, and Dell ships the compute.
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Michael Dell's five-slot ranking strengthens MSD Capital's co-investment appeal; consider exposure through their AI infrastructure dealflow.
For the operator
Dell earnings August will clarify server backlog sustainability; Oracle's September database renewals determine whether this divergence holds.
For the house
Maintain Dell overweight through Q3; Ellison's Oracle position still liquid but momentum favors hardware deployment cycle.
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