Michael J. Saylor

1965 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

Country of citizenship: United States of America

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fairborn High School

Occupation: entrepreneur, philanthropist, businessperson, computer scientist, inventor, author, executive chairperson

Award received: Entrepreneur of the Year

Position held: chief executive officer, chairperson, president

Official website: www.michael.com

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Michael J. Saylor (born February 4, 1965) is an American entrepreneur and business executive. He is the executive chairman and co-founder of MicroStrategy, a company that provides business intelligence, mobile software, and cloud-based services. Saylor was MicroStrategy's chief executive officer from 1989 to 2022. In 2000, Saylor was charged by the SEC with fraudulently reporting MicroStrategy's financial results for the preceding two years. He later reached a settlement with the SEC for $350,000 in penalties and $8.3 million in personal disgorgement. Saylor is a bitcoin advocate and under Saylor MicroStrategy has spent billions of dollars to purchase over 500,000 bitcoins. In 2024, he paid a $40 million fine to settle a tax fraud suit. He 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)