Michael Dell’s connection with the University of Texas at Austin goes back to a dorm room in 1984, where he started the company that would eventually become a global technology giant. More than four decades later, that same university is at the center of one of his biggest philanthropic bets yet, with Dell and his wife, Susan Dell, donating $750 million to create a new AI-focused medical center and research campus.
The gift takes the couple’s total contributions to UT Austin to more than $1 billion, turning a personal chapter from Dell’s early life into a lasting philanthropic legacy. The planned UT Dell Medical Center is expected to open in 2030 and will anchor a new research campus spanning more than 300 acres in Austin.
