The Ledger / John Sall
John Sall
◼ Origin
John Sall co-founded SAS Institute in 1976 at North Carolina State University with James Goodnight and two colleagues, developing a USDA-funded statistical package into the world's largest privately held analytics software company. Sall owns approximately one-third of SAS Institute ($3.2B+ annual revenue) and created JMP statistical software. SAS has never gone public.
◼ Self-Made Verdict — YES
Co-founded SAS Institute from a university research project in 1976 with no documented inherited capital.
◼ Documented marks
01
Owns approximately 33% of SAS Institute Inc. (privately held; $3.2B annual revenue; never public)
02
Creator of JMP statistical software (1989), widely used in pharma and manufacturing quality control
03
Executive Vice President, SAS Institute; James Goodnight holds remaining founder stake and serves as CEO
04
SAS Institute's subsidiary IDeaS named in 2024 federal antitrust class action alleging algorithmic hotel price-fixing with Hilton, Hyatt, Wyndham, and others
No inheritance, or primary accounts documented for this billionaire yet.
◼ List of charges
Total sentence
0–0 years
That is
0.0–0.0 life sentences
(using 78 years as one life)
These are moral charges, not legal ones. The actual legal system has not — and will not — bring them.
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