Wolmer Santiago shows a Dell computer to Francis Valis (C) and Ariel Labella display at the Electric Avenue store on February 5, 2013 in Miami, Florida. Dell Inc. today announced it will be taken private in a deal valued at about $24.4 billion. The company will be acquired by Dell founder and Chief Executive Michael S. Dell and global technology investment firm Silver Lake and Microsoft Corp. will invest $2 billion in the deal.