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H. Ross Perot and eight associates founded Perot Systems in June 1988 after having sold EDS to General Motors. Before its acquisition by Dell Inc. in September 2009, Perot Systems was a Fortune 1000 corporation with more than 23,000 associates and annual revenue (2008) of $2.8 billion. The company maintained offices in more than 25 countries ...
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.
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.
Altabef began his career working as a lawyer. From 1985 to 1993, he worked at Hughes & Luce LLP, where he developed connections to the former CEOs of Perot Systems. [5] In 1993, Peter Altabef was hired on at Perot Systems, and became the president and CEO a decade later, in 2004. [4]
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 ...
GuideIT is an American information technology services provider founded in 2013 by a group of former Perot Systems and Dell Services employees. [1] Based in Plano, Texas, GuideIT provides information technology services [2] in the industries of health care, banking, insurance and others. [3]
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.
In 1992, Morton re-joined the corporate world as Chair and CEO of Perot Systems. He retired from Perot Systems in 1998. [22] He has since been chairman of 2M Companies, Inc. and of The Morton H. Meyerson Family Foundation. [11] [20] He serves on the board of the Dallas Symphony Association and is Vice Chairman Emeritus of the National Park ...