Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms. With direct operations in 26 countries worldwide and over 3,200 employees, our mission is to provide the most flexible, powerful, scalable and user-friendly platforms for analytics, mobile, identity and loyalty-offered either on premises or in the cloud. With over 25% of our workforce and nearly $100M annually dedicated to R&D, we have over 80 patents issued. MicroStrategy is proud to serve millions of business users at nearly 4,000 companies across 20 industries around the world.
We also put aside 1% of our equity, 1% of our employees' time, and 1% of our product, and formed the Salesforce.com Foundation. These two key decisions have fueled our incredible growth, made us the global leader in CRM, defined the era of cloud computing, and inspired a new philanthropic model for all to follow. Today, thanks to our dedicated employees, partners, and the customers we serve, our industry-leading CRM platform has become the world's leading enterprise cloud ecosystem. Industries and companies of all sizes can connect to their customers in a whole new way using the latest innovations in mobile, social, and cloud technology to sell, service, market, and succeed like never before.