Either MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor is a visionary, or he’s a delusional egomaniac,” Forbes observed in 1998, during the company’s first incarnation as a Wall Street highflyer.

Michael Saylor is everywhere, and now he’s on the cover of Forbes in an issue released Jan. 30. The 59-year-old CEO of MicroStrategy was pictured grinning under the bold title, “The Bitcoin Alchemist,

The company, co-founded and chaired by Michael Saylor, now owns more than $45 billion worth of bitcoins. Strategy described itself as 'the world’s first and largest Bitcoin Treasury Company', and a 'business intelligence' company listed on Nasdaq 100.