Dell Technologies Inc. is one of the most established brands in technology; it employs over 145,000 employees and a capitalization of about US$57B.

In 1988, the company first went public

In 2013, Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners took the company private.

In 2016, Dell and EMC merged in the biggest tech deal in history (US$67B) and the company went public again in 2018.

Write a short article (300-600 words) that explains the business reasons/objectives for undertaking the three capital market transactions of 1988, 2013 and 2018, and whether these objectives were fulfilled for each of these transactions.