Ross Perot

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Ross Perot (2008)

Henry Ross Perot (born June 27, 1930 in Texarkana , Texas - † July 9, 2019 in Dallas , Texas) was an American entrepreneur and politician ( Reform Party ).

Career in business

After working for a number of years as a salesperson at IBM , Perot founded Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS) in 1962, which, according to the company, was the world's first IT service company . Perot sold the company to General Motors in 1984 and remained chairman of the board until 1987 . He made $ 3.1 billion from the sale.

Perot Systems Corporation

Perot Systems Corporation ( NYSE : PER) is an information technology and services provider based in Plano, Texas . The company was founded by Perot on June 1st, 1988 and is represented in the USA, Europe, India and Mexico and since 2008 also in China; it has around 23,100 employees. The Perot family holds 25 percent of the shares. The corporation was acquired by Dell in September 2009 for $ 3.9 billion .

capital

Perot was a billionaire. On the Forbes 2016 list, his fortune was stated at approximately 3.9 billion US dollars. This placed him at number 403 on Forbes' list of the richest people in the world.

Hostage Liberation

While at EDS, Perot organized a group led by former Special Forces Colonel Arthur D. Simons . This was supposed to free two of Perot's employees who had been taken hostage in Iran after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 . The group waited until the prison was stormed by a group of insurgents and then transported the two employees out of the country via Turkey in the confusing situation. Ken Follett processed the story in On the Wings of the Eagle into a "factual thriller from Iran".

politics

1996 election campaign sticker

Perot ran as a non-party candidate in the 1992 presidential election , in which he received 18.91% of the vote. In Maine (30.44%) and Utah (27.34%) it even came in second, ahead of George Bush and Bill Clinton, respectively . In the popular election, he was the most successful third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt . However, he could not get electoral votes, which are decisive in the American presidential election.

In 1995 Perot founded the Reform Party , whose candidate he was in the 1996 presidential election , but in which he only received 8.4%; this was his last application for office.

Works

  • With united forces: this is how America overcomes its grave crisis . Translated from the English by Walter Hofmann. Börsenbuch-Verlag, Kulmbach 1990, ISBN 3-922669-04-2 .
  • My Life & the Principles for Success . Summit Publication Group, Arlington, Texas 1996, ISBN 1-56530-237-0 . (Autobiography)
  • Ross Perot, Paul Simon: The Dollar Crisis: A Blueprint to Help Rebuild the American Dream . The Summit Publishing Group 1996, ISBN 1-56530-217-6 .

literature

A book that features Ross Perot as a character in a factual thriller is

Web links

Commons : Ross Perot  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Ross Perot  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ross-perot-ehemaliger-us-praesidentschaftskandidat-und-milliardaer-ist-tot-a-1276554.html . Article at Spiegel Online
  2. ^ Matthias Ruch: Head of the day: Ross Perot - King of the Patriots ( Memento from September 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ); Financial Times Deutschland, September 21, 2009
  3. ↑ Christian Wernicke: Power and Millions - Mitt Romny is not the first extremely rich politician who wants to become American President ; in: Süddeutsche Zeitung of January 27, 2012
  4. ↑ Perot Systems GmbH homepage ( Memento of the original from April 26th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 5, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.perotsystems.com
  5. ↑ (Source: http://www.forbes.com/profile/h-ross-perot-sr/?list=billionaires )
  6. ^ Scott E. Thomas, Chairman; Trevor Potter, Vice Chairman; Joan D. Aikens; Lee Ann Elliott; Danny L. McDonald; John Warren McGarry: FEDERAL ELECTIONS 92 - Election Results for the US President, the US Senate and the US House of Representatives. Federal Election Commission, June 1993, accessed July 9, 2020 .
  7. ^ Too powerful for a third party , column by Martin Klingst from February 1, 2016 on Zeit Online
  8. ^ Spiegel-Online: Winner and vanquished: The results of the presidential elections since 1948 ; Listed on November 14, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2009
  9. ^ Cast and crew for "On Wings of Eagles". In: IMDb. Retrieved November 3, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Perot, Ross
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Perot, Henry Ross (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Texarkana , Texas
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 2019
Place of death Dallas