in 1992
and 1996
. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems
(EDS) in 1962, sold the company to General Motors
in 1984, and founded Perot Systems
in 1988. Perot Systems was bought by Dell for $3.9 billion in 2009.
With an estimated net worth of about US$
3.4 billion in 2011, he is ranked by Forbes
as the 99th-richest person in the United States
.
Perot was born in Texarkana, Texas
, to Luly Maye Perot (née Ray) and Gabriel Ross Perot.
The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.
Can I finish? Can I finish?...Can I finish?
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?
If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.
If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.
Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.
Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
You’re going to hear a giant sucking sound of jobs being pulled out of this country. [during a presidential debate (1992)]