David Grain

David J. Grain joined the Dell Technologies Board of Directors in September 2021. Grain is the founder and chief executive officer of Grain Management, a private equity firm focused on global investments in the media and communications sectors. Prior to founding Grain Management in 2007, he served as the president of Global Signal, one of the largest independent wireless communication tower companies at the time. Before that, he served as senior vice president of AT&T Broadband’s New England Region and prior to that, spent more than a decade in the financial services industries, most recently at Morgan Stanley & Co. Grain has served on the board of Southern Company since 2012 and is currently the lead independent director, and most recently as a director of New Fortress Energy since 2019. Additionally, he is a trustee of the Brookings Institution, a member of the advisory council of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and a member of the board of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. The Dell Technologies Board of Directors selected Grain to serve due to his extensive leadership and operating experience as the chief executive officer and founder of Grain Management, his extensive finance and risk management experience and his experience with publicly traded companies as an executive and as a member of the board of directors.