Page vs Dell

Alphabet (Google) and Dell Technologies.

The differences

Forbes puts Larry Page about $5.5B ahead of Michael Dell.Forbes figures from 15 Oct 2026 and 6 Oct 2026.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Michael Dell is about 8 years older than Larry Page.
Michael Dell has held a public or government advisory role; Larry Page has none on record.

Put someone else on either side

Page

Dell

Net worth, Forbes: $286BForbes, 15 Oct 2026; $281BForbes, 6 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $292BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026; $268BBloomberg, 9 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 3Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 5Real-Time list, 14 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: 2004Listed at $1.0 billion on the 2004 Forbes World's Billionaires list; 1996Bloomberg: his stake was worth more than $1 billion eight years after the 1988 IPO

How it started: Co-founded itFounded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998; Founded itFounded the company with $1,000 in 1984, at 19
Main source: Alphabet (Google) stockForbes lists Google as the source of wealth; Dell Technologies stockBloomberg: 'Much of Michael Dell's fortune is derived from his stake in Dell Technologies'
Companies: Alphabet (Google)Alphabet (Google): Co-founder and director; Dell TechnologiesDell Technologies: Chairman and CEO
Biggest stake: Alphabet (Google)6% owned; Dell Technologies40.9% owned

Born: 26 Mar 1973East Lansing, Michigan, United States; 23 Feb 1965Houston, Texas, United States
Country: United StatesLives in Palo Alto, California, United States; United StatesLives in Austin, Texas, United States
Education: Graduate degreeBS in engineering (computer engineering), University of Michigan; MS in computer science, Stanford University; Left university without a degreeLeft the University of Texas at Austin
Parents: Father, Carl Victor Page, was a computer science professor at Michigan State UniversityMother's occupation not in the cited sources; His father was an orthodontist and his mother a financial consultant

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Carl Victor Page Memorial FoundationForbes says more than 99% of its grants (about $1.3 billion) went to donor-advised funds; Michael & Susan Dell FoundationEstablished in 1999 with his wife, Susan Dell
Lifetime giving: $0BForbes, 1 Sep 2024. About $7 million of trackable grants; excludes about $1.3 billion moved to donor-advised funds whose payouts Forbes could not track; $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: On the boardAlphabet co-founder and board member; Runs the companyChairman and CEO of Dell Technologies
Successor: Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO since December 2019Alphabet reports no family relationships among its directors or executive officers; 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.