Michael Saylor is an American businessman born in *Lincoln, Nebraska* in 1965, and he grew up in a military family moving between U.S. airbases⁽¹⁾. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering and space sciences⁽²⁾.
*His partners:*
In 1989, Saylor co-founded *MicroStrategy* with his MIT colleague *Sanjay Pansal*, a company specializing in business intelligence software and data analytics⁽²⁾.
*His investment size:*
- Saylor is considered one of the leading institutional investors in *Bitcoin*.
- In 2020, he led MicroStrategy to purchase *21,454 Bitcoins* for *$250 million*, and since then has continued to buy more until the company owns *more than 150,000 Bitcoins* (according to previous reports)⁽²⁾.
- His net worth is estimated to be around *$2.5 billion*, and he holds a significant stake in MicroStrategy that gives him a voting power of *68%* ⁽³⁾.
Saylor is not just considered an investor; he is one of the leading *promoters of Bitcoin as a long-term strategic asset*, and is sometimes referred to as the "institutional Bitcoin ambassador" due to his significant influence on the market⁽²⁾. #SaylorBTCPurchase