# Michael Dell 🇺🇸 on Tech: “42 years ago, I started @Dell with $1,000 in my dorm room. T…”

> 42 years ago, I started @Dell with $1,000 in my dorm room. Today, I’m deeply honored to receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. 🇺🇸 Thank you @POTUS. This…

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- **Updated:** 2026-10-10
- **Category:** social
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## Key data

- **Author:** @MichaelDell
- **Likes:** 35.8K
- **Retweets:** 3.6K
- **Replies:** 1.3K
- **Views:** 518.5K

42 years ago, I started @Dell with $1,000 in my dorm room. Today, I’m deeply honored to receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. 🇺🇸 Thank you @POTUS. This honor belongs to the incredible teams, partners and customers who made it possible. The best is yet to come. Keep building 🚀

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## Sources

1. [@MichaelDell on X](https://x.com/MichaelDell/status/2108304519046021604)
2. [AISA Twitter API](https://aisa.one/docs/api-reference/twitter/get_twitter-tweet-advanced-search)

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