#55 James Goodnight
Medio: forbes.com
País: EUA
Sección: Profile
Fecha: 09/01/2019
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Tipo de nota: Nota común
REAL TIME NET WORTH
$8.3B
as of 1/9/19
James Goodnight cofounded the analytics software firm SAS in 1976 with John Sall, whom he met while a PhD student at North Carolina State University.
Goodnight has been at the helm since the company's inception, when its software was developed to analyze agricultural data.
Its products are now used by more than 83,000 organizations around the world, and 2017 revenue was $3.24 billion.
Goodnight and Sall, also a billionaire, founded private school Cary Academy together and co-own a country club and a hotel.
#55
Forbes 400 2018
The Richest Person In Every State 2018
#172
Billionaires 2018
#30
Richest In Tech 2017
The Richest Person In America’s 50 Largest Cities 2016
STATS
AGE 75
SOURCE OF WEALTH software, Self Made
SELF-MADE SCORE 8
PHILANTHROPY SCORE 3
RESIDENCE Cary, North Carolina
CITIZENSHIP United States
MARITAL STATUS Married
CHILDREN 3
EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts/Science, North Carolina State University; Doctorate, North Carolina State University; Master of Science, North Carolina State University
DID YOU KNOW
Goodnight considered taking SAS public in 1999 while the dotcom boom approached its peak, but resisted the urge and avoided the steep market drop.
Ninety-five percent of my assets drive out the gate every evening. It's my job to maintain a work environment that keeps those people coming back every morning.
James Goodnight.