There was only one last thing on my
checklist: to be CEO of my own company. So, I told them, “If you want me to stay, let
me start my own company.”
I asked for a quarter of a million dollars in cash. They claimed they couldn’t give
a 24-year-old that kind of money upfront. So I used the negotiating strategy that only
works once in your lifetime. I said, “You have to give me the money because I have no
money.”
….
at least personally $2B in Bitcoin.
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2020 (Age 55): MicroStrategy makes first Bitcoin purchase of 21,454 BTC for $250 million
at an average price of $11,653 per Bitcoin. Saylor announces personal Bitcoin holdings
of 17,732 BTC at an average price of $9,882 per Bitcoin (informing the company of his
holdings prior to their decision).
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47,
2012 (Age 47): Saylor publishes The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change
Everything.
2000 (Age 35): The Dot-com bubble bursts. MicroStrategy’s stock declines 95% between
March and May, bottoming in July 2002. Saylor is named one of ‘America’s 100 Most
Eligible Bachelors’ by People Magazine.
1989 (Age 24): Founds MicroStrategy with MIT classmate Sanju Bansal. The company
initially focuses on data mining and business intelligence software.
1992 (Age 27): MicroStrategy secures a $10 million contract with McDonald’s Corp to
analyze the effectiveness of promotional campaigns.
1998 (Age 33): MicroStrategy goes public on the Nasdaq via IPO (ticker: MSTR).
Cyber university
1999 (Age 34): Saylor establishes The Saylor Foundation, whose vision is to offer free
education through an “Internet cyberuniversity.”