Dell vs Brin

Dell Technologies and Alphabet (Google).

The differences

Forbes puts Michael Dell about $15.6B ahead of Sergey Brin.Forbes figures from 6 Oct 2026 and date not stated.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Michael Dell is about 8 years older than Sergey Brin.

Put someone else on either side

Dell

Brin

Net worth, Forbes: $281BForbes, 6 Oct 2026; $265BForbes, date not stated
Net worth, Bloomberg: $268BBloomberg, 9 Oct 2026; $271BBloomberg, 16 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 5Real-Time list, 14 Oct 2026; No. 5Real-Time list, 30 Sep 2026
Billionaire since: 1996Bloomberg: his stake was worth more than $1 billion eight years after the 1988 IPO; 2004First year on Forbes' billionaires list: the Los Angeles Times reported Brin and Page 'making their debut on the list' in February 2004

How it started: Founded itFounded the company with $1,000 in 1984, at 19; Co-founded itFormed Google with Larry Page in 1998
Main source: Dell Technologies stockBloomberg: 'Much of Michael Dell's fortune is derived from his stake in Dell Technologies'; Alphabet (Google) stockBloomberg: 'The majority of Sergey Brin's fortune is derived from a stake in Alphabet'; Bloomberg also counts $27.9 billion in cash
Companies: Dell TechnologiesDell Technologies: Chairman and CEO; Alphabet (Google)Alphabet (Google): Co-founder, director and Executive Committee member
Biggest stake: Dell Technologies40.9% owned; Alphabet (Google)6% owned

Born: 23 Feb 1965Houston, Texas, United States; 21 Aug 1973Moscow, Russia
Country: United StatesLives in Austin, Texas, United States; United StatesLives in Los Altos, California, United States
Education: Left university without a degreeLeft the University of Texas at Austin; Graduate degreeBS in mathematics and computer science, University of Maryland, College Park; MS in computer science, Stanford University
Parents: His father was an orthodontist and his mother a financial consultant; His father, Michael Brin, was a mathematician and economist; his mother, Eugenia Brin, a NASA scientistCNN; Forbes says the family left Russia because of antisemitism

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Michael & Susan Dell FoundationEstablished in 1999 with his wife, Susan Dell; Sergey Brin Family Foundation
Lifetime giving: $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; $3.9BForbes, 6 Feb 2025. Forbes' estimate of lifetime charitable giving; more than $1.5 billion of it to Parkinson's research

Role now: Runs the companyChairman and CEO of Dell Technologies; On the boardAlphabet co-founder, director and member of its Executive Committee
Successor: None namedThe 2026 10-K lists the executive officers without naming a successor; no other family member is among them; Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO since December 2019Brin left the Alphabet presidency then; Alphabet reports no family relationships among its directors or executive officers
Public office: Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST); Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)2001; 2026-; Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)2026-
Legal record: 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.; None found