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MicroStrategy CEO Featured on Cover of Fortune Magazine Pick up a copy of the Sept. 27th issue of Fortune Magazine and you will find MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor among the ranks in their first annual "40 Under 40" tally. This count of the wealthiest Americans under age 40 focuses on the successes that result from the mix of technology, ambition and intellect. Read below how Michael Saylor arrived at this winning combination. The Man Behind the Company Michael J. Saylor is the President and CEO of MicroStrategy Incorporated. Mr. Saylor co-founded the company at the age of 24 and has helped grow it to a multi-million dollar public company with over one thousand employees worldwide. Mr. Saylor grew up on military bases around the world. He spent the latter part of his youth in Dayton, Ohio, living on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He graduated first in his class at Fairborn High School, was named a National Merit Scholar and won a full tuition scholarship from the USAF. He graduated with highest honors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987 with Bachelor's degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics, as well as Science, Technology, and Society. After graduation, Mr. Saylor worked as a Venture Manager at DuPont, where he spearheaded efforts to apply simulation, database, graphical user interface, and networking technology to DuPont's strategic planning processes. After eighteen months with DuPont, he established MicroStrategy. During the last nine years, Mr. Saylor has been consistently recognized as one of the technology industry's leading visionaries. In 1993, he defined the term ROLAP (Relational Online Analytical Processing) to describe the use of large relational (versus proprietary multidimensional) databases for performing decision support analysis. This definition has helped MicroStrategy carve out its unique space in the decision support market and provided the path for the development of its DSS Suite™ of products. MicroStrategy has pioneered new products under Mr. Saylor's leadership and support of such concepts as decision support on the World Wide Web and his vision in which people can receive answers to their most crucial questions wherever, whenever and however they want. In 1996, MicroStrategy embraced the idea of web-based decision support analysis with the development of its MicroStrategy Web™ product. In 1998, MicroStrategy developed its award-winning MicroStrategy Broadcaster™ product, which delivers personalized, mission-critical information directly from data warehouses to common communication devices, including cell phone, pager, and fax. With the emergence of personal information broadcasting, his vision has become a reality. Mr. Saylor has received numerous awards and honors since founding MicroStrategy. He was named KPMG High Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 1996 and the Ernst & Young Software Entrepreneur of the Year in 1997. The Red Herring Magazine recognized him as one of the Top 10 Entrepreneurs of 1998. These awards acknowledge his exceptional leadership and key role in the advancement of decision support and business intelligence technology. He has been featured by many of today's leading business and computer publications including Fortune, Forbes, The Washington Post, USA Today, PC Week, InformationWeek, and Database Programming & Design, in addition to being profiled on the NBC Nightly News and CNBC's Squawk Box. Mr. Saylor is a frequent keynote speaker at industry gatherings, has been a business school guest lecturer at both MIT and Stanford University, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Northern Virginia Technology Council.microstrategy.com