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Call it the billion-dollar bromance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The growing friendship between President Donald Trump and Michael Dell has coincided with a banner year for the billionaire CEO.<\/p>\n

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Dell shares are up 240% this year, while the man himself has added $83.5 billion to his net worth. He’s now the world’s 6th-richest person with a staggering $223 billion to his name.<\/p>\n

BI’s Polly Thompson has more on how Dell’s relationship with Trump has paid off big time<\/u>.<\/p>\n

Business people buddying up to Trump<\/u>, or any politician, isn’t groundbreaking. However, Dell’s approach came with low reputational risk: giving money to kids.<\/p>\n

The cornerstone of the recent bonding has been Dell and his wife, Susan, contributing $6.25 billion<\/u> to Trump Accounts back in December. Since then, Trump has purchased more than $1 million in Dell stock, and the company won a $9.7 billion contract with the US Department of Defense.<\/p>\n

And then there was the public endorsement from the president, who put the spotlight on Dell in a way it hasn’t enjoyed since the “Dude, you’re getting a Dell” commercials<\/u> of the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

“They are truly incredible people. Go out and buy a Dell computer,” Trump told reporters earlier this month<\/u>. “I have a son that loves their laptop.”<\/p>\n

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Having the president’s backing doesn’t hurt, but it’s AI giving Dell the real boost.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Revenue from Dell’s infrastructure group, which sells AI-optimized servers alongside storage, networking and related services, nearly tripled in the first quarter from a year ago. The unit generated a record $29 billion, accounting for roughly two-thirds of Dell’s overall revenue.<\/p>\n

AI infrastructure is an area that’s been red hot. Shares of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, whose ProLiant servers compete directly with Dell’s, are up more than 95% this year.<\/p>\n

Dell has also continued to shrink its workforce, dropping its headcount by 27%<\/u> over the past three years.<\/p>\n

Regardless of who or what is driving Dell to new heights \u2014 Trump and\/or the AI boom \u2014 both forces come with plenty of volatility.<\/p>\n

Just ask Elon Musk what happens when you get on the president’s bad side. (Although I think he’s doing just fine.) And the ebbs and flows of AI innovation have sent semiconductor stocks on a rollercoaster.<\/p>\n

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For now, Dell is benefiting from both forces.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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