Dell Technologies is an American multinational information technology corporation founded on 7 September 2016 by Michael Dell and based in Round Rock, Texas. It was incorporated after the merger of the original Dell and the former EMC Corporation, restructuring both companies as re-branded subsidiaries of Dell Technologies, along with several other companies previously owned by them. The establishment of Dell Technologies and its restructuring was to "redefine itself in emerging technologies." It became the world's largest privately held technology company.