Trump Praises Susan Dell As she Backs Trump Accounts
Michael Dell and his wife, Susan Dell, have been married for nearly 40 years.
Susan Dell, the wife of billionaire tech CEO Michael Dell, has gone viral after appearing alongside President Donald Trump during an Oval Office press event.
Susan, 62, met her husband, 61, in 1988 in Austin, Texas, and the pair married the following year. Michael would go on to make a fortune with his company, Dell Technologies.
"He was the nicest guy I'd ever met," she told Texas Monthly in August 2000.
The happy couple went on to welcome four children: daughters Alexa, Kira and Juliette, and son Zachary.
Throughout her adulthood, Susan transitioned from fashion designer to philanthropist. She later served on president George W. Bush's Council for Physical Fitness and Sports.
Since launching their Michael & Susan Dell Foundation in 1999, the couple has given away $10 billion to various nonprofits, per their website.
"Over the past month, as our contribution has reached millions of children's accounts, Michael and I have heard from so many parents and kids and grandparents with these beautiful letters that have truly moved us," Susan said during an appearance in the Oval Office on Wednesday, October 7, per USA Today. "Children have told us that they want to become entrepreneurs. They want to become nurses, doctors, engineers. They want to build their own company someday."
President Donald Trump touted a massive expansion of child investment accounts on Wednesday after the Treasury Department automatically created accounts for more than 60 million additional children, bringing the nationwide total to nearly 70 million.
"Trump Accounts has turned out to be bigger than anyone ever thought even possible, and we had big, big dreams," Trump said at the White House. He said the administration had now automatically enrolled every eligible minor child, while urging parents and guardians to claim the accounts. The expansion follows Treasury's recent move toward automatic enrollment.
Treasury said every child under 18 with a valid Social Security number now has an account ready to claim through the Trump Accounts app. Parents must claim the account to manage it, enable contributions and receive the one-time $1,000 federal seed available to U.S. citizen children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028. The accounts launched nationwide in July.
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The White House said more than $4.5 billion has already entered the accounts, including $1.3 billion in federal seed contributions, more than $600 million from families and friends and $2.6 billion in philanthropic gifts. It estimates about 80% of accounts are linked to families earning below $200,000 annually.
Private funding has also accelerated. Michael Dell and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion to provide $250 contributions to 25 million qualifying children, a commitment Dell said gives young Americans a "real stake" in the economy. More than 70 companies have committed to employee Trump Account contributions, according to the White House.
Treasury's new rules also allow certain qualified general contributions to be made with publicly traded U.S. corporate stock. Those shares generally carry a five-year holding requirement. Regulators acknowledged that concentrated stock can produce riskier returns, but said the change should attract additional giving and could generate "billions of additional dollars per year" for children's accounts.
The longtime couple met in Austin, Texas, in 1988, just four years after Michael founded what would later become the multi-billion-dollar tech company, Dell Technologies. They tied the knot in 1989 and went on to welcome four children: daughters Alexa, Kira and Juliette and son Zachary.
Susan is a fashion designer turned philanthropist who founded the luxury brand Phi. In 1999, she and her husband co-founded the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. In October 2026, they visited the White House to promote the foundation’s $6.25 billion pledge to Trump Accounts, “tax-advantaged investment accounts” for children under 18 who have a social security number.
Here’s everything to know about Michael Dell’s wife, Susan Dell.
According to Texas Monthly, Michael and Susan met in Austin, Texas, in February 1988 shortly after she moved there to work for real estate developer Trammell Crow. One of her clients insisted that she meet Michael, and they set up a lunch.
“He was the nicest guy I’d ever met,” she told the outlet in August 2000.
Michael proposed to Susan the following spring, and the couple got married on Oct. 28, 1989. They were 24 and 25 at the time, respectively.
Michael and Susan welcomed four children after their 1989 nuptials: daughters Alexa, Kira and Juliette and son Zachary.
The kids grew up on an estate dubbed “the Castle” and have since established careers of their own in various industries. Alexa, who is the most visible member of her private family, married Frédéric Choquette in March 2025 and welcomed a daughter in February 2026. She also has a son, Lucien, from a previous relationship.
Juliette is also married; she tied the knot with Commonwealth Sports founder Chase Chamberlin in March 2024.
Zachary followed in his dad’s footsteps by founding an Austin-based technology company called Based Power. Kira, for her part, is the CEO of another Austin-based company, Adaptive Water.
According to her foundation bio, Susan founded three fashion labels over the course of her career, including a namesake clothing line which was discontinued in 2003, per WWD.
In 2001, Susan designed the gowns that twins Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager wore to President George W. Bush’s first inaugural gala.
In 2003, she founded the luxury label Phi, which shuttered in 2009, per WWD.
In 1999, 15 years after Michael founded what would later become Dell Technologies, he and his wife co-founded the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.
Michael’s net worth was $16 billion at the time, per Forbes. The couple have since given away $10 billion via their foundation to various nonprofits and social enterprises around the world.
In December 2025, they pledged $6.25 billion to Trump Accounts, “tax-advantaged investment accounts” for children under 18 who have a social security number. The couple visited the White House in October 2026 to promote the initiative.
“When I started a company 41 years ago, we created the direct model,” Michael said at a White House press event in December 2025, according to The New York Times. “This is sort of the direct model philanthropy.”
In January 2019, Susan was inducted into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame as part of the 2018 class of honorees, which also included the likes of former First Lady Laura Bush and Olympic medalist Simone Biles.
Susan was inducted following her efforts, via the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, to help rebuild Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
In 2025, she and Michael were awarded the History-Making Texan Award from the Texas State History Museum Foundation for their philanthropic work.
25 million American children are set to receive $250 into their Trump Accounts this week, after Michael and Susan Dell donated $6.25 billion to the program.
Parents wondering whether their children will receive the gift should visit the Q&A page on the Invest America site titled "Did Your Child Receive the Dell's $250 Contribution?"
It says that eligible recipients were born between 2016 and 2024, making them age 10 or younger; all payments should be made by Friday, October 9; and parents should check their children's Trump Accounts early next week to see if they received the gift.
Susan Dell‘s appearance at the White House this week became a viral moment that everyone is talking about, with many people noting how she’ll likely serve as Halloween inspiration for many people.
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The 62-year-old philanthropist has been married to Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell since 1989. Susan and Michael have been working closely with the President on his “Trump Accounts” program, which aims to have the government provide $1,000 in seed money for investment accounts that will be granted to children born in the next four years.
The Dells appeared at the White House on Wednesday (October 7) to encourage families to sign up for the program. She and Michael also pledged to give 25 million children $250 for their accounts.
Susan‘s appearance at the event caused a media storm, with her heavy makeup and outfit choice sparking a lot of conversation.
$6.25 billion pledge to investment accounts for children brought Susan Dell into the Oval Office spotlight. The dell wife of technology executive Michael Dell appeared alongside President Donald Trump at a press event on October 7, where she described responses from families whose accounts had received contributions.
The appearance drew attention to the Dells’ role in Trump Accounts, described in the source as tax-advantaged investment accounts for U.S. children under 18. The couple’s contribution is intended to reach millions of children, while Susan Dell’s remarks highlighted how families say they view the accounts and their children’s future plans.
“Over the past month, as our contribution has reached millions of children's accounts, Michael and I have heard from so many parents and kids and grandparents with these beautiful letters that have truly moved us,” Susan said during the Oval Office appearance, according to USA Today, as quoted by Yahoo Finance.
She added that children had written about aspirations including entrepreneurship and careers in nursing, medicine and engineering. Their letters, she said, described hopes of building companies of their own.
The Dells have given away $10 billion to nonprofits since launching the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation in 1999, according to the foundation website cited by Yahoo Finance. The new $6.25 billion pledge is tied to Trump Accounts.
The pledge has also kept Susan Dell in public view beyond her role as a philanthropist. She moved from fashion design into charitable work and served on President George W. Bush’s Council for Physical Fitness and Sports, according to Yahoo Finance.
Susan and Michael Dell met in Austin, Texas, in 1988 and married the following year. They have four children: Alexa, Kira and Juliette, and their son Zachary.
“He was the nicest guy I'd ever met,” Susan told Texas Monthly in August 2000, reflecting on meeting Michael.
The Oval Office appearance focused on the couple’s latest pledge and the letters they said they had received from parents, children and grandparents. Susan said some children described wanting to become entrepreneurs, nurses, doctors and engineers.
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