#SaylorBTCPurchase

##Who is Michael J. Sailor?

Biography of Saylor

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.

Michael Saylor

Michael Saylor speaking in an interview

Saylor in 2022

Born

4 February 1965 (age 60)

Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.

Alma mater

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BSc)

Occupation

Executive chairman of MicroStrategy[1]

Notable work

The Mobile Wave

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.

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