Dell CEO Resigns, Michael Dell Returns

[Hurmoth]

Dell CEO Kevin Rollins, who on Monday stood on stage in New York City to accept a commemorative Windows Vista plaque from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, resigned abruptly on Wednesday, and will be replaced by the computer maker's former CEO Michael Dell.

Rollins joined Dell in 1996 and was appointed CEO in July 2004. During his tenure, however, Dell was unable to retain its status as the leading PC manufacturer due to increased pressure from Hewlett-Packard. The company also warned Tuesday that its fiscal fourth quarter revenues would miss analyst expectations.

"Dell has tremendous opportunities ahead of it," Michael Dell said in a statement. "I am enthusiastic about Dell 2.0, which includes our plan to provide the best customer experience, build a strong global services business and ensure our products deliver the best long-term customer value."

Rollins has additionally resigned from Dell's board of directors. Michael Dell, meanwhile, will stay on as chairman of the company.

“Kevin has been a great business partner and friend,” added Dell. “He has made significant contributions to our business over the past 10 years. I wish him much success in the future.”

Dell's board of directors issued a statement of support for Michael Dell's return, saying it “believes that Michael’s vision and leadership are critical to building Dell’s leadership in the technology industry for the long term. There is no better person in the world to run Dell at this time than the man who created the Direct Model and who has built this company over the last 23 years.”

News Source: BetaNews

[low]

He sucked :p

Edited January 31, 2007 by low

[Hurmoth]

He seems to have had a good run. Well done to him.

Before he came on board Dell was #1. "During [Kevin Rollins] tenure, however, Dell was unable to retain its status as the leading PC manufacturer due to increased pressure from Hewlett-Packard."

[low]

Well whoever deciced to employee him needs one my change of employment forms that i gave to one of my team members.

[DrCheese]

Well whoever deciced to employee him needs one my change of employment forms that i gave to one of my team members.

Wha?

Make sense P

[Hurmoth]

He sucked :p

I don't know if I would say he sucked, but he didn't do the best job that could have been done. I still believe that Dell makes great systems, especially servers and busines desktops/notebooks, but the company definitely took turns under him that they shouldn't have which made customers look at HP/Compaq.

[L3thal Veteran]

Bring on good ol' Michael Dell.

[guru]

Kevin Rollins was in Dell for the last 10 Years. He was in the Team that made dell #1. wonder why he resigned suddenly

[oddcrap]

Before he came on board Dell was #1. "During [Kevin Rollins] tenure, however, Dell was unable to retain its status as the leading PC manufacturer due to increased pressure from Hewlett-Packard."

? Dell is still number 1 worldwide. Just not in NA. :)

[WhoTheF]

I wish notebook prices fall now. :happy:

I know they won't :(