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Michael J. Saylor (born February 4, 1965) is an American entrepreneur and business executive, who co-founded and leads MicroStrategy, a company that provides business intelligence, mobile software, and cloud-based services. Saylor authored the 2012 book The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything. He is also the sole trustee of Saylor Academy, a provider of free online education. As of 2016, Saylor has been granted 31 patents and has 9 additional applications under review.

Michael J. Saylor was born February 4, 1965 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Little Michael spent the first years of his life at various air force bases scattered around the world, since his father was the chief senior sergeant of the Air Force, Michael's mother was the daughter of a country musician. Young Michael dreamed of becoming a rock star, but until he realized that, a career as a musician would not allow him to earn a lot of money.

Then Michael got excited about the idea of becoming a fighter pilot or an astronaut, but his health prevented him from becoming a pilot (ironically, the initial diagnosis was subsequently recognized as erroneous).

When Michael was 11 years old, the family settled in Fairborn, Ohio, not far from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Michael was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from early childhood the boy is drawn to knowledge. By his adulthood, Michael demonstrates a deep knowledge of the mobile world. Michael graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987 with a double major in aeronautics and astronautics and science, technology and society.

In 1987, Michael took a job at a consulting firm (Federal Group, Inc.) where he focused on personal computer simulation for integrating company software.

Michael joined the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, through which he met the future co-founder of microstrategy, Sanju K. Bansal.

In 1988, Michael became an internal consultant at DuPont, where he developed computer models to help the company anticipate changes in key markets. Modeling predicted that many of DuPont's large markets would go into recession in 1990.

A crucial step in Michael's career was the bold decision to leave a high-paying promising position, by which time he was working as a programmer for the chemical industry giant DuPont.

Michael decides to leave and creates MicroStrategy at the age of 24. Michael then makes a business proposal to his former employer. Michael proposed a start-up to fulfill the tasks that he solved as an employee at DuPont. Grandiose, but Michael received a contract with DuPont. He easily convinced the former bosses of the corporation to finance the development of his young company.

Today Michael Saylor is an American entrepreneur and business manager, co-founder and CEO of MicroStrategy.

MicroStrategy is a cross-functional company that is not only in the field of software, the company implements innovative methods designed to analyze internal and external data using machine learning technologies. The company researches and implements new methods in the development of mobile applications, software, cloud services.

Michael Saylor controls the majority of his company's voting shares and has invested more than $2.2 billion of MicroStrategy funds into bitcoin. The company now refers to Bitcoin as its “primary reserve asset.”

Michael Saylor in 2012 releases the book "Mobile Wave" in which the author tells how mobile intelligence will change the life of mankind. This book about the future as a prophetic study prepares readers for an exciting new life on planet earth.

Mobile Wave has been featured on several book bestseller lists:

Ranked #5 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list on July 15, 2012 in the Business Hardcover category.

Debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at #31 in hardcover non-fiction in the week of July 23, 2012 and was ranked #5 in the hardcover business in August 2012.

Ranked #1 on the Washington Post D.C. bestseller list in August 2012.

Michael Sailor is the sole trustee of the Sailor Academy and acts as a provider of free online education. As of 2016, Saylor has received 31 patents and has nine pending applications.

Michael J. Saylor (born February 4, 1965) is an American entrepreneur and business executive, who co-founded and leads MicroStrategyMicroStrategy, a company that provides business intelligence, mobile software, and cloud-based services. Saylor authored the 2012 book The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything. He is also the sole trustee of Saylor Academy, a provider of free online education. As of 2016, Saylor has been granted 31 patents and has 9 additional applications under review.

In 1999, Saylor established The Saylor Foundation (later named Saylor Academy), of which he is the sole trustee. Saylor.org was launched in 2008 as the free education initiative of The Saylor Foundation.

Michael J. Saylor (born February 4, 1965) is an American entrepreneur and business executive, who co-founded and leads MicroStrategy, a company that provides business intelligence, mobile software, and cloud-based services. Saylor authored the 2012 book The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything. He is also the sole trustee of Saylor Academy, a provider of free online education. As of 2016, Saylor has been granted 31 patents and has 9 additional applications under review.

On MicroStrategy's quarterly earnings conference call in July 2020, Saylor announced his intention for MicroStrategy to explore purchasing Bitcoin, gold, or other alternative assets instead of holding cash. The following month, MicroStrategy used $250 million from its cash stockpile to purchase 21,454 Bitcoin.

MicroStrategy later added $175 million of Bitcoin to its holdings in September 2020 and another $50 million in early December 2020. On December 11, 2020, MicroStrategy announced that it had sold $650 million in convertible senior notes, taking on debt to increase its Bitcoin holdings to over $1 billion worth. On December 21, 2020 MicroStrategy announced their total holdings include 70,470 bitcoins purchased for $1.125 billion at an average price of $15,964 per bitcoin.[23] As of February 24, 2021 holdings include 90,531 bitcoins acquired for $2.171 billion at an average price of $23,985 per bitcoin.[24] Saylor, who controls 70% of MicroStrategy's shares, dismissed concerns by observers that the move is turning MicroStrategy into a Bitcoin investment firm or exchange-traded fund (ETF).

In October 2020, Saylor disclosed he personally held 17,732 bitcoin at an average purchase price of $9,882. As of October 2021, he had not sold any bitcoin.

Between October 1 and November 29, 2021, MicroStrategy bought 7,002 bitcoins for about $414.4 million in cash at an average purchase price of $59,187 bringing its total holdings to 121,044 bitcoins.