SAS cofounder left eventual billion-dollar company over split with Goodnight

SAS Institute had four founders. Two are now the wealthiest people in NC. The founder who left first is the one who created ...

A half-century after SAS exit, Triangle universities demand more from spinoffs

In 1976, SAS Institute left NC State with cash and clients like Coca-Cola. Things work very differently today.

‘Been a busy week’: Waco athlete completes IRONMAN and two marathons on two continents in one week

Goodnight finished IRONMAN Texas in The Woodlands on Saturday, April 18, then flew to Boston to run the Boston Marathon on ...
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James Goodnight’s plan to revive Raleigh history

James Goodnight, son of the billionaire SAS founder Jim Goodnight, bought his first building the week that Lehmann Brothers collapsed. It was a crumbling warehouse in downtown Raleigh that has since ...