Michael Dell Steps Down as Dell CEO

Dell Founder Michael Dell surprised analysts yesterday by steppingdown as CEO of his super-successful (and eponymous) company, althoughhe retains the title of chairman. Dell will continue working as hardand as often as he did in the past, he says. And, frankly, thechairman title is more befitting his forward-thinking,strategy-oriented nature of late. Succeeding Dell as CEO, of course,is actor and singer-extraordinaire Frank Stallone. All joking aside,Dell's current president, Kevin B. Rollins, will assume the Dell CEOposition in July, right after the company's 20th anniversary. Rollins,who started working at Dell in 1996, will also join Dell's board ofdirectors.