Apparently this does not make any sense, since 3 years ago Dell bought EMC2 which in turn owns part of the VMware assets, so the question would be:

Will VMware buy their father company, Dell? Ah?



In 2015, Dell bought EMC for $67Billion USD, it was the largest tech deal so far. Now, it seems the age of the huge deals is on the surface again: now VMware is planning to buy Dell!

The key here is Reverse Takeover

A reverse takeover or reverse merger takeover (reverse IPO) is the acquisition of a public company by a private company so that the private company can bypass the lengthy and complex process of going public. The transaction typically requires reorganization of capitalization of the acquiring company. -Wikipedia

The rumours began at the end of last week, but one issue to keep in mind: the debt Dell still hast over EMC2. Reportedly Dell has 46 billion in debt leftover from the EMC2 Merger and 2 billion should be interest payments.

Apparently Dell is trying to take advantages of the next tax laws and the combination of the stock market.

More details about the potential acquisition will be given in the next days.