Phong Le

Phong Le (Phong Q. Le) is an American business executive who has served as chief executive officer of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy StrategyStrategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is a Nasdaq-listed company (ticker MSTR) headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States, founded in 1989 by Michael Saylor and originally built on enterprise analytics software. Since 2020, the company has used bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset and describes itself as the world’s first and largest Bitcoin Treasury Company; as of September 27, 2026, it held 847,666 bitcoins. Its current Chief Executive Officer is Phong Le.Open the full entry) since August 8, 2022, while also serving as its president and a director. He joined the company as chief financial officer in 2015 and previously worked at Deloitte Consulting, NII Holdings, and XO Communications.

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Early Life: Education

Le earned a B.S. in Biomedical and Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.⁠[1]

1998Joining Deloitte Consulting

From 1998 to 2010, Le worked in Deloitte’s consulting practice, where his positions included senior manager in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice.⁠[1][2]

March 2010Joining NII Holdings

From March 2010 to August 2014, Le held several senior positions at NII Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed telecommunications company, including vice president of financial planning and analysis and vice president of strategy and business operations.⁠[1]

August 2014Becoming Chief Financial Officer of XO Communications

From August 2014 to August 2015, Le served as chief financial officer of XO Communications, a privately held telecommunications company.⁠[1]

August 2015Joining MicroStrategy

In August 2015, Le joined MicroStrategy as senior executive vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer, and from June 2018 he also served as chief operating officer. From November 2019 to April 2020, he served as senior executive vice president and chief operating officer, and from April to July 2020 as senior executive vice president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer.⁠[1][1][1]

July 2020Becoming President

From July 2020, Le served as president and chief financial officer; in May 2022, he stepped down as chief financial officer and continued as president.⁠[1]

August 8, 2022Becoming Chief Executive Officer

On August 2, 2022, the company announced that, effective August 8, it would separate the roles of chairman and chief executive officer: founder Michael Saylor would become executive chairman, and Le, while remaining president, would become chief executive officer and join the board of directors.⁠[3]

February 5, 2025Announcing the Strategy Name

On February 5, 2025, Le, as president and chief executive officer, announced that the company was adopting Strategy as its new name, saying the new name more succinctly conveyed the company’s global positioning.⁠[4]

February 5, 2026Reporting 2025 Results

When reporting fourth-quarter 2025 results on February 5, 2026, Le said the company had raised $25.3 billion in 2025 to advance its bitcoin treasury strategy, making it the largest equity issuer among U.S. public companies for the second consecutive year.⁠[5]

Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts

X: Public account: https://x.com/phongle (opens in a new window).⁠[6]

LinkedIn LinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phong-le-b53520/ (opens in a new window).⁠[2]