Dell is a special case because it was the original founder who delisted the stock. Not some Bain Capital type firm that was just buying it to suck the marrow out of the bones before tossing it in the trash.

Silver Lake Partners gave the majority of the capital when they took Dell private, ~$20B of the $25B total

You just educated me on Michael Dell taking Dell private again. I didn’t realize he did so with the backing of PE.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/connieguglielmo/2013/10/30/you-...

that feels a little different because i thought michael dell was a large part of that “private equity”.

He was, so he structured a special deal that mostly benefited him but also shared a bit with friends who did the rest of the deal.