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The post Inside MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Holdings Over the Years: 447,470 BTC and Counting!<\/a> appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News<\/a><\/p>\n The report discusses microstrategy<\/a> \t\t \t\t\tBusiness Intelligence<\/span><\/span> \t\t <\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/span> Key Findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n Founded by Michael Saylor<\/a> \t\t <\/p>\n \t\t Full Name Birth Education Marital Status Nationality Net Worth 1983–1987: Studied Aeronautics & Astronautics and Science, Technology & Society at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).<\/p>\n 1989: Co-founded Micro Strategy (Strategy).<\/p>\n 1998: Micro Strategy IPO – Took Micro Strategy public on the NASDAQ at $12 per share.<\/p>\n 2000: Accounting Scandal & Crash – Micro Strategy's stock plunged 62% in a day due to an accounting misstatement, wiping out billions in valuation.<\/p>\n 2004–2019: Micro Strategy Rebuilds – Worked towards cloud-based analytics and AI-driven business intelligence, regaining stability.<\/p>\n 2020: Bitcoin Strategy & Investment – Led Micro Strategy's $425M Bitcoin investment. He made it the first publicly traded company to adopt Bitcoin.<\/p>\n 2021: Bitcoin Evangelism – Became one of Bitcoin’s most vocal advocates, encouraging corporations and institutions to adopt BTC and blockchain.<\/p>\n 2022: Stepped down as CEO – Transitioned to Executive Chairman to focus entirely on Bitcoin strategy.<\/p>\n Platform Micro Strategy (Strategy) Official Website Michael Saylor’s YouTube Channel Hope.com (Bitcoin Education by Saylor) \t\t\tEntrepreneur<\/span><\/span>Crypto and Blockchain Expert<\/span><\/span>Author<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \t\t <\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/span> \t <\/span> A self-proclaimed Bitcoin advocate, Michael Saylor has been a strong force behind MicroStrategy’s turn towards cryptocurrency. He, as the Executive Chairman and earlier CEO of the company, led its efforts in this direction, referring to Bitcoin as the superior asset class that could protect shareholder value during an unstable economy and inflation.<\/p>\n Why Bitcoin? <\/strong><\/p>\n Key Events in Bitcoin Adoption:<\/p>\n 1. August 2020: Initial Bitcoin Purchase<\/strong><\/p>\n Reasoning:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2. September 2020: Bitcoin Becomes Reserve Asset<\/strong><\/p>\n Motivation:<\/strong><\/p>\n 3. December 2020: Increased Investment<\/strong><\/p>\n 4. Subsequent Acquisitions (2021-2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"information\"](\"https:\/\/image.coinpedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10122626\/info_icon.svg\"){kind=icon}
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\nMichael Saylor is a co-founder of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy). Before founding Microstrategy, he was a rocket scientist and studied aeronautics and astronautics at MIT on an Air Force scholarship. He dubs Bitcoin 'Digital Gold'.
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\nHe made some early investments in Bitcoin as soon as he realized it was going to be the next big thing in shaping decentralized finance from traditional finance. His firm's Strategy has made Bitcoin its primary treasury reserve.
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\nMichael J. Saylor<\/p>\n
\n04-02-1965 in Lincoln, Nebraska<\/p>\n
\nBSc from MIT<\/p>\n
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\nAmerican<\/p>\n
\n$8.4B (Feb. 20205, Refer for realtime)<\/p>\n
\nAs per Forbes, Saylor bought another 17,732 bitcoins for $175 million in October 2020. Forbes covered Michael Saylor on its front page and called him "The Bitcoin Alchemist" as the latter's Net Worth hit a whopping $7.6B in January 2025.
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\nMichael Saylor – Career Timeline<\/p>\n
\nWith a major focus on blockchain network growth, Saylor is considered one of the architects in shaping the growth of decentralized finance.
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\n\t\t<\/span> and Sanju Bansal in 1989, MicroStrategy began as a company that provided business intelligence and analytics software. The company was recognized for its innovative enterprise analytics, cloud solutions, and data insights products and services. By 2020, MicroStrategy, struggling in software sales under Saylor, made a dramatic transition into Bitcoin investment.<\/p>\n\n
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