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  By 1976 they had 100 software customers.
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  SAS was founded by Jim goodnight and John Sall in Cary, North Carolina
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  Near the end of the 1970's the company established it's first marketing department.
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  They started building their offices in Cary in 1980.
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  In 1980 their revenue was $10 million to $1.1 million in 2000.
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  In 1984 SAS started building a fitness center, medical center, cafe, and other facilities such as daycare.
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  They started their advertising campagn in 2000 with a $30 million dollar T.V. and radio contract.
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  Their revenue in the cloud based products grew about 35% in 2014.
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  SAS currently has 14,158 employees
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  SAS supplies 22.5 tons of free M&M's every year.