Don’t shed any tears for Jim Goodnight at the “bad” news as reported by Bloomberg News.

The latest “Bloomberg Billionaires Index” says that Goodnight, co-founder and CEO of Cary-based SAS, had another great year for investments in 2013. However, he still fell four spots in rank as his personal gains fall below the pace of many others on the world’s financial elite list.

According to Bloomberg, Goodnight’s fortune increased a paltry 10 percent last year to $12.8 billion 

As a result, Goodnight fell to 85th on the Bloomberg index from 81st.

Paltry is the word for his growth since the Wall Street bull market this year helped drive up the net work of the Bloomberg Billionaires by a combined $524 billion to $3.7 trillion as of the market close on Dec. 31.

In 2012, Bloomberg calculates Goodnight grew his fortune at just better than 24 percent.

And technology – in which Goodnight has made his fortune – led the way with its moguls driving up wealth by 28 percent.

“Soared” is how Bloomberg described the growth.

Bill Gates, the Microsoft whiz, continues to set the pace.

“Bill Gates, the founder and chairman of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp., was the year’s biggest gainer,” Bloomberg notes. “The 58-year-old tycoon’s fortune increased by $15.8 billion to $78.5 billion, according to the index, as shares of Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, rose 40 percent.”

2014 also looks to offer more gains for the wealthy.

“The rich will keeping getting richer in 2014,” John Catsimatidis, the billionaire founder of real estate and energy conglomerate Red Apple Group told Bloomberg. “Interest rates will remain low, equity markets will keep rising, and the economy will grow at less than 2 percent.”

As for SAS co-founder John Sall, he isn’t listed in the top 200 by Bloomberg’s daily billionaire list.

Goodnight ranked 85th in 2012. Sall stood 200th at $5.8 billion after a 24 percent surge in his fortune, according to Bloomberg.

Drop on Forbes List, too

As we reported back in September, Goodnight and Sall fell on the better-known Forbes list. But the Forbes and Bloomberg fortune tallies are quite different.

From the September report:

A recent downturn in the fortune of Jim Goodnight, who owns Cary-based SAS, sends him down 11 spots to 58th in the latest Forbes’ list of the 400 richest Americans.

Goodnight, 70, saw his fortune dwindle a bit to $7.2 billion in the latest Forbes data. A year ago, Goodnight ranked 47th with assets listed by Forbes worth $7.3 billion.

“Only 30 people from last year’s list are poorer than a year ago,” Forbes noted in its report.

The data in the Forbes report was based on stock prices as of Aug. 23.

Forbes’ profile of Goodnight shows that the magazine calculated Goodnight’s holdings as being worth $7.6 billion in March.

John Sall, who co-founded SAS with Goodnight, ranks No. 132 on the newest list with assets totalling $3.6 billion.

Sall fell 24 spots from a year ago when he was ranked 108th.

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