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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]
The head of the company, H. Ross Perot (Richard Crenna), travels to Tehran to negotiate for their release. Meanwhile, a retired US Army Special Forces Colonel, Arthur D. 'Bull' Simons (Burt Lancaster), is hired by Perot to formulate a rescue plan at any cost.
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 ...
On Wings of Eagles is a 1983 non-fiction thriller written by British author Ken Follett.Set against the background of the Iranian revolution, it tells a story based on the rescue of Paul Chiapparone and Bill Gaylord from prison in Tehran by a team of Electronic Data Systems executives led by retired Col. Arthur D. Simons.
After the Federal Election Commission indicated only Perot and not Lamm would be able to secure federal matching funds—because his 1992 campaign was as an independent—Perot entered the race. Some were upset that Perot changed his mind because, in their view, Perot overshadowed Lamm's run for the party nomination. This built up to the ...
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) was founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a successful IBM salesman who first-hand observed how inefficiently IBM's customers typically were using their expensive systems. Somewhat to IBM's chagrin, since the company wanted to sell as many computers as possible, Perot ...
Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot. [ 2 ] Clinton's win in the state, although narrow, marked the first time since 1964 that a Democrat would carry Nevada and the beginning of its transition from a fairly Republican state into a swing state , like it had been in most elections prior to 1968.
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 ...