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By questioning all the aspects of our business, we continuously inject improvement and innovation into our culture.

Michael Dell

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Michael Dell
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 23
Businessman
Computer Scientist
Entrepreneur
Financier
Houston
Texas
Michael Saul Dell
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Improvement
Innovation
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Culture
Business
Inject
Continuously
Questioning

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