Rank #218
James Goodnight
Net worth $13.6B
Software · United States
- Born
- Jan 06, 1943
- Age
- 83
- Source
- Software
- 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
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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 it developed software to analyze agricultural data.
- SAS products are used by more than 80,800 organizations around the world; 2022 revenues were more than $3 billion.
- Goodnight and Sall, who is also a billionaire, founded private school Cary Academy together and co-own a country club and a hotel.
- Goodnight considered taking SAS public in 1999 while the dot-com boom approached its peak, but resisted the urge and avoided the steep market drop.
- SAS is best known for its employee-friendly programs like sports leagues, day care and an on-site pharmacy.
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