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'''Michael S. Dell''' is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the computer company [[Dell|Dell Inc.]] ([http://www.dell.com/ web]), which he founded in 1984. <ref>[http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/biographies/en/msd_index?c=us&l=en&s=corp Michael S. Dell Bio], Dell, accessed August 2007.</ref>

In 2000, Dell was described as "a friend and contributor to [[Republican Party|Republican]] Texas Gov. [[George W. Bush]]." [http://www.npr.org/programs/npc/2000/000608.mdell.html] During his 2000 presidential campaign, Bush had "a 440-member technology advisory council ... led by Michael Dell." [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1072943.stm] 

Dell contributed to both Bush's 2000 and 2004 political campaigns. [http://www.newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/Michael_Dell.php] For the 2004 campaign, Dell supported Bush publicly by "lending his name to the campaign in several published letters and editorials." [http://www.knowthecandidates.org/ktc/bushcontributors.htm] Dell also donated $250,000 to Bush's second "inaugural festivities". [http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2004/12/20/daily20.html]

In 2003, under proposed [[Bush administration]] tax cuts, Dell was projected to "reap $6 million [in one year] if the plan [was] enacted." [http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/jan2003/tax-j15.shtml]

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