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The man who measures the web

Josh James’ Omniture can tell you how many people click on your Web site, and how long they stay.  But is his company worth $1.8 billion?

Sweat beaded up behind his Gucci glasses as he thought back a dozen years to his company’s early days, when he and his co-founder maxed out on student loans and hawked wedding gifts to buy computers. He remembered the time in 2000 when he agreed to a sale that fell through – and his trip to the Nasdaq Stock Exchange six years later to ring the bell when the company finally went public.

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