Bezos vs Dell

Amazon and Dell Technologies.

The differences

Forbes puts Jeff Bezos about $100B ahead of Michael Dell.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 6 Oct 2026.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Michael Dell has held a public or government advisory role; Jeff Bezos has none on record.

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Bezos

Dell

Net worth, Forbes: $381BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $281BForbes, 6 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $361BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026; $268BBloomberg, 9 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 2Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 5Real-Time list, 14 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: 1998Debuted on the Forbes 400 in 1998 with $1.6 billion; 1996Bloomberg: his stake was worth more than $1 billion eight years after the 1988 IPO

How it started: Founded itFounded Amazon in 1994; Founded itFounded the company with $1,000 in 1984, at 19
Main source: Amazon stockForbes lists Amazon as the source of wealth; Dell Technologies stockBloomberg: 'Much of Michael Dell's fortune is derived from his stake in Dell Technologies'
Companies: Amazon, Blue OriginAmazon: Founder and executive chair (since July 2021); Blue Origin: Founder and owner; Dell TechnologiesDell Technologies: Chairman and CEO
Biggest stake: Blue Origin93% owned; Dell Technologies40.9% owned

Born: 12 Jan 1964Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States; 23 Feb 1965Houston, Texas, United States
Country: United StatesLives in Miami, Florida, United States; United StatesLives in Austin, Texas, United States
Education: Bachelor's degreePrinceton University, electrical engineering and computer science, 1986; Left university without a degreeLeft the University of Texas at Austin
Parents: His parents were 17 and 18 when he was born; early on he worked on his maternal grandparents' ranch in Cotulla, Texas; His father was an orthodontist and his mother a financial consultant

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Bezos Earth FundAlso the Bezos Day One Fund; he committed $10 billion to the Earth Fund in 2020 for this decade; Michael & Susan Dell FoundationEstablished in 1999 with his wife, Susan Dell
Lifetime giving: $2.4BForbes, 15 Sep 2026. Granted through the Bezos Earth Fund only (the fund's own site shows the same $2.4 billion); no total across all his giving is cited; $10BMichael & Susan Dell Foundation, date not stated. Amount Michael and Susan Dell have committed to date, as the foundation reports it; a commitment, not money paid out. Includes the $6.25 billion pledged in 2025 for children's investment accounts

Role now: Runs the companyExecutive chair of Amazon; co-CEO of Project Prometheus; Runs the companyChairman and CEO of Dell Technologies
Successor: Andy Jassy, Amazon president and CEO since July 2021No Bezos family member is named in an Amazon executive role; None namedThe 2026 10-K lists the executive officers without naming a successor; no other family member is among them
Public office: None found; Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST); Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)2001; 2026-
Legal record: None found; 2010: US SECSettled SEC disclosure charges over Dell Inc.'s reporting of payments from Intel, without admitting or denying the allegations; agreed to pay a $4 million civil penalty.