[1][2] Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Chicago, they claim more than 6,000 customers worldwide use John Galt Solutions products every day.
[2][3][4] The company is named after the iconic figure in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged, John Galt.
[1][2] John Galt Solutions' initial projects involved building data warehouses for utility companies.
[1][4] In 1997, John Galt Solutions built its forecasting tool the ForecastX Wizard.
[1][4] In December 1998, ForecastX competed in the M3 Forecasting Competition, an academic forecasting accuracy competition sponsored by INSEAD (the European Institute of Business Administration), finishing in the top two positions in all categories.