James Goodnight Family - Celebrity Family

An idea is known to change a life. When coupled with passion and commitment, it can pave the way for an entire generation. James Goodnight has been a pathfinder in modern day technology.

Known as the “Godfather of data analytics,” James ‘Jim’ Goodnight is a technology entrepreneur par excellence. Born on January 06, 1943, he is the co-founder of the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) Institute along with John Sall in 1976. He was still teaching at North Carolina State University at the time. All over the world, SAS is used by over 70,000 universities, organizations and governments.

Goodnight Family Profile

Goodnight Parents – Albert Goodnight and Dorothy Patterson Goodnight

Goodnight’s parents ran a hardware store at Wilmington, North Carolina. Though James worked in his father’s store as a youth, his parents by no means curtailed their only child’s big dreams.