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Henry Ross Perot Sr. (/ p ə ˈ r oʊ / ⓘ pə-ROH; June 27, 1930 – July 9, 2019) was an American businessman, politician, and philanthropist.He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems.
Ross Perot (1930–2019), United States business leader and presidential candidate; H. Ross Perot, Jr. (born 1958), United States businessman and son of Ross Perot; Alfred Pérot (1863–1925), French physicist; William Bennett Perot (1791–1871), early postmaster of Bermuda; see Perot Island, Bermuda; Perot de Garbalei (fl. 1300), author of ...
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Perot eventually sold his company to General Motors in 1984 for $2.55 billion, and founded Perot Systems in 1988. [10] By 1992, his fortune was judged to be $3 billion (~$5.85 billion in 2023). [7] Perot was a hawk on the Vietnam War, an advocate for U.S. servicemen held as prisoners of war and a supporter of their families. During the war, he ...
Pat Choate (/ ʃ oʊ t /; [1] born April 27, 1941) is an American economist who is most known for being the 1996 Reform Party candidate for Vice President of the United States, the running-mate of Ross Perot.
Perot chairs The Perot Group, which manages the Perot family's various interests, including real estate, oil and gas, and financial investments. He developed the Fort Worth Alliance Airport and is a large real estate developer. Hillwood's residential division is building Harvest, a $1 billion, 1,150-acre development in Northlake and Argyle.
Third Party candidate Ross Perot had a lesser impact this time, only drawing 14% of the vote, compared to 30% in 1992. This would still be where Perot received the highest percentage of votes in 1996. [2] As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Piscataquis County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [3]
The 1996 presidential campaign of Ross Perot, an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and the founder of the Reform Party, was announced on July 10, 1996.Perot said he would seek the Reform Party nomination for president of the United States in the 1996 election during an appearance on Larry King Live.