Jim Goodnight King of Analytics

摘要

Some entrepreneurs set out to change the world. Steve Jobs comes to mind. Others try to solve a niche problem and discover, over time, that the whole world wants their magic. Such is Jim Goodnight, the cofounder, chairman and CEO of SAS, the Cary, N.C.-based leader in the suddenly hot field of high-powered analytics software. Goodnight, 68, is a tall Southerner with a dry wit and a walk not unlike John Wayne's. Not one to follow fashion, he has kept SAS in private hands since its 1976 inception, even though its $2.5 billion in revenue would command a market cap north of $10 billion.