UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 22, 2018
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-24435 | 51-0323571 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
1850 Towers Crescent Plaza Tysons Corner, Virginia | 22182 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On June 22, 2018, the Board of Directors of MicroStrategy Incorporated (the “Company”) appointed Phong Le to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. In this new role, Mr. Le will be responsible for coordinating cross-department operations and overseeing critical business activities, including sales and services proposals, with an emphasis on the execution of the Company’s strategic corporate programs. In addition to his new responsibilities as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Le will continue to serve as the Company’s Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Le will continue to report to Michael Saylor, the Company’s Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Le will not receive any additional compensation for his service as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Le has served as the Company’s Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer since August 2015. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Le served as the chief financial officer of XO Communications, a privately-held telecommunications company, from August 2014 to August 2015. From March 2010 to August 2014, Mr. Le held senior positions at NII Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed telecommunications company, including vice president of financial planning and analysis, vice president of strategy and business operations and vice president of strategic finance. Prior to that, Mr. Le worked in the consulting practice at Deloitte from 1998 to 2010, where he held various positions, including senior manager. Mr. Le holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: June 28, 2018 | MicroStrategy Incorporated (Registrant) | |||||
| By: | /s/ Phong Le | |||||
| Name: | Phong Le | |||||
| Title: | Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer | |||||