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Ross Perot was born in Texarkana, Texas in 1930, the son of Lula May (née Ray) and Gabriel Ross Perot, [3] a commodity broker specializing in cotton contracts. [4] [5] He had an older brother, Gabriel Perot Jr., who died as a toddler. [6]
Ross Perot: Independent (before 1995) Reform (1995–2000) Republican (2000–2019) Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (1981–85) Member of the Select Committee on Public Education (1983) Candidate for U.S. President (1992, 1996) $4.1 billion [8] Founded Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems: Tom Steyer: Democratic
Henry Ross Perot Jr. (born November 7, 1958 [1]) is an American real estate developer and businessman best known for his development of Alliance, Texas, an inland port near Fort Worth, and for making the first circumnavigation of the world in a helicopter, at age 23. Perot chairs multiple companies, including The Perot Group [2] and Hillwood. [3]
H. Ross Perot, the self-made Texas billionaire who ran for president twice, has died at age 89, his family said.
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The H. Ross Perot, Jr. Stock Index From December 2009 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when H. Ross Perot, Jr. joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -24.7 percent return on your investment, compared to a 29.7 percent return from the S&P 500.
Texas-born Perot, a Naval Academy graduate, started his career as an IBM (NYSE: IBM) salesman, before borrowing $1,000 from his wife to start EDS in 1962. H. Ross Perot, Computer Industry Pioneer ...
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) was an American multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Plano, Texas, which was founded in 1962 by Ross Perot. The company was a subsidiary of General Motors from 1984 until it was spun off in 1996. EDS was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2008.