In 2020, Michael Saylor, made a really controversial decision and that turned his boat towards what I think is the making of the next richest man alive. He used his company funds to buy Bitcoin.
The man looked apparently insane to everyone at that time. But now the we see Bitcoin push pass $100K and becoming a reserve for nations and now we've got Genius ACT about to be signed by Trump, his decision is starting to make sense.
What made Saylor make this decision? He saw dollars were becoming worthless because of inflation. Something most investors and almost anyone that pays attention to finance is already aware of.
He saw Bitcoin as a long term store of value and a way to hedge the company's treasury assets. It looks brilliant today but not so much when he was making the move. That's usually how some great things are done, you look stupid until it works.
He began by purchasing a few over 21,000 bitcoins valued at $250 million. Then he worked out stock options and secured loans. Each time he had raised capital, he bought more Bitcoin. While he kept the biddable prices on Bitcoin going up, the value of MicroStrategy stock also went up. By June 2025, MicroStrategy reported that they held over 582,000 bitcoins which were now worth around $62.6 billion. The company was now the biggest public company holder of Bitcoin.
Saylor was willing to take a significant risk while changing the face of corporate finance.
There are those that still think it’s too risky, and yes I couldn't agree more. If something should happen to the value of Bitcoin, Saylor's company could get severely wasted.
Michael Saylor's plan may have just launched the new corporate finance trend and as stable coins are going to get approved and regulated, we're entering into a new revolution.