Michael Saylor bet billions on bitcoin in a surreal comeback

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.michael_saylor famously lost $6 billion in 1 day. He reinvented himself as a bitcoin guru, and now investors are lending him billions to buy 'electric money.'

After studying the history of technology as well as aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Saylor: While working as a computer-simulations programmer at the chemical giant DuPont, Saylor quit and proposed that DuPont hire his brand-new startup to do the work instead. He got a contract — and even persuaded DuPont to fund his startup.

in early 2002 that dramatically reduced the number of MicroStrategy shares, jump-started the company's recovery.Many former MicroStrategy executives spoke highly of Saylor's business acumen, citing a litany of instances when he proved to be ahead of the curve.

"There are some great people at MicroStrategy who have mastered that art. For me it was a mix of intellectual entertainment and mind-blowing frustration," Breya said, declining to elaborate further. "The attention to detail he put into that as a hobby, the detail of the furniture configurations — you could see it was a passion project for him," said David Rennyson, a former chief revenue officer at MicroStrategy, referring to Saylor's first yacht. He and other company executives was occasionally invited to dinner on the boat."He is as intense off the job as he is on the job. The hobbies he can do are a bit 'next league' for most of us.

 

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michael_saylor No surprise, Michael is a true renegade! Microstrategy is Michael's holding company. Those who don't like his 70% control can find something else to invest in. You have to love electric money... electricity is used by the FED to transfer or print!

michael_saylor Any interviews from him on the current market?

michael_saylor He only would lost if he had sold. He didn't.

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