What is Michael Saylor’s IQ?
He entered MIT in 1983 on a full Air Force ROTC scholarship and co-founded MicroStrategy at 24, but no test is on record.
No IQ score has been published for Michael Saylor, and no figure that cites a test circulates. The documented record is an MIT degree earned on a full Air Force ROTC scholarship, the 1989 co-founding of MicroStrategy and a June 1998 public offering. Michael Saylor’s IQ is therefore an inference as of November 2026, not a measurement.
Michael Saylor’s estimated IQ
- In 1983 he enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a full Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship, per Wikipedia.
- He double majored in aeronautical and astronautical engineering and history of science, according to Wikipedia.
- He co-founded MicroStrategy in 1989, at 24, two years after leaving MIT, according to Fortune (June 27, 2012).
- He took the company public in June 1998, with 4 million shares priced at $12 each, per Wikipedia.
- As of 2016 he had been granted 31 patents, according to Wikipedia.
This is an inference, not a test. An MIT degree and a founded company show ability and drive, but business success is weakly tied to measured IQ, and no score, SAT result or percentile has been published for him. The range sits level with the technology founders on this site.
- Born
- 1965, United States
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from 1983, on a full Air Force ROTC scholarship
- Majors
- Aeronautical and astronautical engineering; history of science
- Known for
- Co-founder of the software company MicroStrategy (1989)
- Public offering
- June 1998, 4 million shares at $12 each
- Patents
- 31 granted as of 2016, per Wikipedia
- Book
- The Mobile Wave
- Circulating figure
- None found
What an IQ of 135–150 actually means
Set the claim aside for a moment. If someone genuinely scored in this range, here is what that would represent.
| Score range | Classification | Share of people | What it indicates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 – 114 | Average | ~68% | The range most people fall into. |
| 115 – 129 | Above average | ~13.6% | Roughly one person in seven. |
| 130 – 144 | Gifted | ~2% | The threshold most high-IQ societies use. |
| Above 144 | Highly gifted | ~0.1% | Figures above this range are extrapolated from the curve rather than measured. |
Percentages are approximate and describe a normal distribution. The same number means different things on tests with different standard deviations.
Thirty questions gives you a measured position on this exact scale — your score, your percentile and the ability breakdown behind it.
Find out in 30 minutes →Who Michael Saylor is
Who is Michael Saylor? Michael J. Saylor was born in 1965 and is an American entrepreneur and business executive, according to Wikipedia. In 1983 he enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on an Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps full scholarship, where he double majored in aeronautical and astronautical engineering and history of science.
What did Michael Saylor do before MicroStrategy? Wikipedia reports that he joined a software integration company in 1987, focused on computer simulation modeling, and in 1988 became an internal consultant at DuPont, building computer models to anticipate change in the company’s key markets. Using funds from DuPont, he founded MicroStrategy with Sanju Bansal, his MIT fraternity brother.
What has MicroStrategy done? Fortune reported on June 27, 2012 that Saylor co-founded MicroStrategy in 1989 as a 24-year-old star two years out of MIT. The company began with data-mining software and then focused on business intelligence software. Saylor took it public in June 1998, per Wikipedia, and is the author of the book The Mobile Wave. Compare yourself on the same scale with the IQ Metrics test.
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Michael Saylor: the documented record
The estimate above rests on this record. Every entry here is a matter of public fact, which is more than can be said for the number itself.
- 1965Born.
- 1983Enrolls at MIT on a full Air Force ROTC scholarship.
- 1987Joins a software integration company focused on computer simulation modeling.
- 1988Becomes an internal consultant at DuPont.
- 1989Co-founds MicroStrategy with Sanju Bansal, at age 24.
- 1998Takes MicroStrategy public in June, with 4 million shares at $12 each.
- 2012Fortune profiles his career in an article dated June 27.
- 2016Has been granted 31 patents, according to Wikipedia.
Why no figure circulates
Following a claim back to its first appearance is the part almost nobody does — and it is what most people are actually asking.
Michael Saylor IQ searches lead to no sourced number. No test result, score or percentile for him has been published, and his biographies describe a career, not a score. Without a named test, a date and an examiner, any figure attached to his name would be an opinion. For how such numbers spread, see where celebrity IQ numbers come from.
What is Michael Saylor’s IQ score? It is not documented. What is documented is a selection: he enrolled at MIT in 1983 on a full Air Force ROTC scholarship, according to Wikipedia. A scholarship is a decision by an institution, and this site uses it as one clue among several. For what research finds about intelligence and wealth, see the IQ of billionaires: what the Swedish data shows.
Is Michael Saylor a genius? Nothing documents that label. His record is a founder’s: an MIT degree, 31 patents as of 2016 and a software company he took public in June 1998. His estimated IQ here, 135–150, overlaps Elon Musk (140–150) and Jeff Bezos (145–155) and sits below Bill Gates (150–160). All are inferences from records, not test scores. See other business leaders we have checked.
Do employers use IQ numbers like these? Celebrity estimates are not assessments: they have no named test, no scorer and no stated margin of error, which is why this page gives a range and not a number. For the employer side, with named tests and scorers, see our hiring assessments page.
How we read a number →MIT scholarship and majors, early jobs, MicroStrategy founding and 1998 public offering, patents.
States he co-founded MicroStrategy in 1989 as a 24-year-old two years out of MIT; gives no IQ.
Confirms the identifier Q6831501 is the American business executive and entrepreneur.
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No test result, SAT score or percentile appears in Wikipedia’s biography or in Fortune’s profile.
The sources behind our estimate
The figures that circulate for Michael Saylor, what we were able to confirm, and where the two diverge.
No page states a Michael Saylor IQ score together with a named test, a date and an examiner, so there is no circulating figure to audit.
Wikipedia’s biography and Fortune’s 2012 profile describe his education, companies and patents without giving any IQ, SAT result or percentile. A full ROTC scholarship to MIT is a selection decision, not an intelligence score.
With no circulating number to test, the only figure on the page is this site’s own 135–150 range. It is built from dated facts, so it can be checked, but it is an inference and not a score.
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Michael Saylor — frequently asked
What is Michael Saylor’s IQ?
No IQ test result for Michael Saylor has been published, and no sourced figure circulates. His documented record includes an MIT degree on a full Air Force ROTC scholarship. This site’s estimated range, inferred from that record, is 135–150 on a scale with mean 100 and SD 15.
What is Michael Saylor’s IQ score?
Michael Saylor’s IQ score is not documented. No test name, date or examiner is attached to any number. The facts that exist, such as the MIT degree, the 1989 founding of MicroStrategy and 31 patents as of 2016, support an estimate, not a score.
Did Michael Saylor take an IQ test?
No IQ test taken by Michael Saylor has been published. What is documented is selection: he enrolled at MIT in 1983 on a full Air Force ROTC scholarship, which Wikipedia reports, and that is a scholarship decision rather than an intelligence score.
Is Michael Saylor a genius?
Michael Saylor is a successful founder, but “genius” is a label, not an IQ score. Wikipedia and Fortune document an MIT degree, the 1989 founding of MicroStrategy and a 1998 public offering. They do not document a test result.
Where did Michael Saylor study?
Michael Saylor studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he entered in 1983 on a full Air Force ROTC scholarship. Wikipedia says he double majored in aeronautical and astronautical engineering and history of science.
When did Michael Saylor found MicroStrategy?
Michael Saylor co-founded MicroStrategy in 1989, at age 24, two years after leaving MIT, according to Fortune (June 27, 2012). Wikipedia says he founded it with Sanju Bansal and took it public in June 1998.
How does Michael Saylor’s estimated IQ compare with Elon Musk’s?
This site’s estimate for Michael Saylor, 135–150, overlaps its 140–150 estimate for Elon Musk and its 145–155 estimate for Jeff Bezos, and sits below Bill Gates’s 150–160. All are inferences from careers, not test scores, so the ranges are too close to rank.
How does my IQ compare with Michael Saylor?
You can find out in about fifteen minutes. The IQ Metrics assessment is 30 questions, scored on the same 100-mean scale used throughout this page, so your result and the estimate above are at least expressed in the same units — one measured, one inferred. Once you have a number, the leaderboard shows where it would sit, and how we score and norm it explains the benchmarking.
Where does this estimate come from?
From the documented record rather than a test — the method is named above and set out in full under how we read a number. Compare it against the other business & tech profiles, starting with Steve Jobs.
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