Business Chief US+CAN Magazine January 2020 | Page 80

PIONEERING HEALTHCARE BREAKTHROUGHS
TOP 10

CEO MICHAEL DELL

$ 90.4bn

REVENUE IN US DOLLARS

138,000

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
80

07 Dell

ROUND ROCK , TEXAS

Dell – founded in 1984 by Michael Dell – is a multinational computer technology company that develops , sells , repairs and supports computers as well as related technology . Its ICT infrastructure services include hardware , software , cloud services and virtual reality ( VR ).
PIONEERING HEALTHCARE BREAKTHROUGHS
In October 2019 , Dell ’ s high performance computing ( HPC ) system , a GPU-accelerated supercomputer , was developed for the University of Queensland . The technology carries out data visualisation and machine learning ( ML ) tasks in the hopes that it will enable a non-invasive , disease-modifying strategy to develop treatments to stop or impede degeneration for those with Alzheimer ’ s Disease .
JANUARY 2020