John Sall (b. 1948) is the co-founder and Executive Vice President of the SAS Institute.[1][2][3][4][5]>[6]
John Sall was born in Rockford, Illinois in 1948. He received a Bachelor of Arts in history from Beloit College and a master's degree in economics from Northern Illinois University.[1][2][3][6]
He met business partner James Goodnight as a graduate student at North Carolina State University.[1][4] In 1976, he joined Anthony James Barr, Goodnight, and Jane Helwig in founding SAS Institute Inc., now believed to be the largest privately held software maker in the world.[1][3][6] He currently owns about 1/3 of the company, while James Goodnight owns the other 2/3.[1] He helped create the JMP.[4][6]
He received an honorary doctorate from NC State in 2003 and is a member of the NC State University Board of Trustees.[2] He is an elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[1][3][5] He sits on the Board of Directors of The Nature Conservancy.[5][6] In 1994, he served as Chairman of the Interface Foundation of North America.[5] With his wife, he co-founded the Cary Academy, an independent college preparatory day school for students in grades 6 through 12.[3][6]
As of September 2011, he is worth US$ 4.4 billion, and he is the 76th richest person in the United States.[1] He lives in Cary, North Carolina.[1] He is married and has four children.[1]