Susan Dell

Susan Dell is an American philanthropist, fashion entrepreneur and endurance athlete. In 1999 she and her husband, Michael Dell, founded the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, whose board she chairs; she has shaped its strategy and growth ever since. The couple have committed $10 billion to nonprofits and social enterprises in the United States, India, Africa and Israel, and their foundation runs more than 800 projects around the world each year. In Texas their giving has centred on health care, including Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Dell Seton Medical Center and Dell Children's Medical Center. After Hurricane Harvey they led the creation of the $100 million Rebuild Texas Fund to support the communities it hit. Outside philanthropy, she has started three fashion labels, among them the luxury brand Phi, and has raced in elite marathons, triathlons and the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. She served on President Bush's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, is a life trustee of the Dell Children's Foundation and formerly sat on the board of the Cooper Institute. She was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame for her work supporting Texas families after Hurricane Harvey, and in 2025 she and Michael Dell received the Texas State History Museum Foundation's History-Making Texan Award.