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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]
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] His patrilineal line traces back to a French-Canadian immigrant to the colony of Louisiana in the 1740s ...
Ross Perot for President; Campaign: 1992 United States presidential election: Candidate: Ross Perot President and CEO of Perot Systems (1988–1992) [1] VADM James B. Stockdale President of the Naval War College (1977–1979) Affiliation: Independent: Status: Lost election: November 3, 1992: Slogan: Ross for Boss I'm Ross, and you're the Boss ...
H. Ross Perot, the self-made Texas billionaire who ran for president twice, has died at age 89, his family said.
Billed as the world's first purely industrial airport, it was developed in a joint venture between the City of Fort Worth, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Hillwood Development Company, a real estate development company owned by Ross Perot Jr. [2]
H. Ross Perot, Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail ...
The episode reveals a lot about him—and America at the time
Ross Perot was on the ballot in every state; in six states (Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, Oregon, Pennsylvania) Perot was placed on the ballot through the formation of a political party supporting his candidacy. His electoral performance in each of those states led to those parties being given ballot-qualified status.