MicroStrategy

MicroStrategy Incorporated
Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: MSTR (Class A); Russell 1000 component;
Industry	Business intelligence and mobile software
Founded	1989
Founders	Michael J. Saylor; Sanju Bansal; Thomas Spahr
Headquarters	Tysons Corner, Virginia, U.S.
Key people	Michael J. Saylor (executive chairman); Phong Le (president & CEO)
Revenue	US$499.3 million (2022)
Net income	US$−1.47 billion (2022)
Total assets	US$3.557 billion (2021)
Total equity	US$978.958 million (2021)
Number of employees	2,121 (2021)
Website	microstrategy.com
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MicroStrategy Incorporated is an American company that provides business intelligence (BI), mobile software, and cloud-based services. Founded in 1989 by Michael J. Saylor, Sanju Bansal, and Thomas Spahr, the firm develops software to analyze internal and external data in order to make business decisions and to develop mobile apps. It is a public company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, in the Washington metropolitan area.^[2] Its primary business analytics competitors include SAP AG Business Objects, IBM Cognos, and Oracle Corporation's BI Platform.^[3]^[4] Saylor is the Executive Chairman and, from 1989 to 2022, was the CEO.^[5]^[6]^[7] It is widely considered to be a bitcoin proxy due to its massive holdings of the cryptocurrency.

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