That love has propelled him to No. 35 on the 2007 Forbes 400 list, with an estimated worth of $8.7 billion.But his love has also led him astray.
Since 1976, Goodnight has served as chief executive of SAS after co-founding the privately held firm in Cary, N.C. The company specializes in business intelligence and analytical software.
In 1995, his software developers proposed a technology that the company could use to make computer games. It stitched together strands of video to create a 270-degree visualization of a scene.
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