英语翻译Dell Boy Made GoodSome of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs cut their business teeth in the playground.Bernie Ecclestone sold Chelsea buns to his classmates,and Sir Richard Branson produced a student magazine.Michael Dell,35,is no exception.At 12 he made $ 2000 (￡1255)selling his stamp collection and by 14 he had devised a marketing scheme to sell newspapers.This earned him ￡11200—more money than some of his teachers were on—and led to the

英语翻译
Dell Boy Made Good
Some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs cut their business teeth in the playground.Bernie Ecclestone sold Chelsea buns to his classmates,and Sir Richard Branson produced a student magazine.
Michael Dell,35,is no exception.At 12 he made $ 2000 (￡1255)selling his stamp collection and by 14 he had devised a marketing scheme to sell newspapers.
This earned him ￡11200—more money than some of his teachers were on—and led to the creation of Dell Computer Corporation,the industry’s fastest-growing company.
He is now the ninth—richest man in the world,with a personal fortune of ￡12.5 billion from seed capital of just ￡627 in 1984.
Within 16 years,sales have grown form ￡3.76 million to ￡25.3 billion.The company has opened offices in 34 countries and employs 36500 people.
Dell first dabbled in electronics at 15 when he was given a calculator by his father to help him in the after-school maths club he attended.
He says:” I was fascinated that this little device could do may maths homework,and it sparked an early interest in electronics.I loved taking things apart and putting things back together again,although I could not always get them working.
“I quickly became interested in personal computers when I was given an Apple II,and set up computer bulletin boards to swap ideas with other enthusiasts.I wanted to own every gadget possible.”
Dell attended a computer convention in Austin,Texas,and was astonished at the huge mark-ups.He found that the could buy a disk drive for ￡500,which would sell in the shops for ￡1882.
This discovery set him thinking,as a customer,about finding a way to by-pass the retailer.
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