Is Michael Saylor A Billionaire? What Is Michael Saylor Known For?

Michael Saylor is a billionaire and the CEO of a business analytics software firm- MicroStrategy- and one of the best-known executives of the Internet bubble.

Saylor was a multibillionaire in the 90s but fell from the billionaire ranks after questionable accounting led to a restatement of financial results and the dot-com bust crashed the stock.

But after a timely bitcoin investment in December 2020, in which he personally bought 17,732 bitcoins for $175 million, and used his company cash to buy 70,784 bitcoins for $1.1 billion, Saylor’s company, MicroStrategy, crossed the $1 billion milestones.

Saylor is a former rocket scientist. He studied aeronautics and astronautics at MIT on an Air Force scholarship before founding MicroStrategy in 1989.

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

In June 2012, Saylor “The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything”, a book which discusses trends in mobile technology and their future impact on commerce, healthcare, education, and the developing world.

The book was ranked number five in hardcover business books on the Wall Street Journal’s Best-Sellers list in July 2012.