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CEO, SAS Institute
EUA
13/03/2019REAL TIME NET WORTH
$9.4B
as of 3/13/19
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.
ON FORBES LISTS
#162
Billionaires 2019
#55
Forbes 400 2018
The Richest Person In Every State 2018
#30
Richest In Tech 2017
The Richest Person In America’s 50 Largest Cities 2016
STATS
AGE 76
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
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