H. Ross Perot, Texas Billionaire and Former Presidential Candidate, dies aged 89, TicTocbyBloomberg on Jul 9, 2019 H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of …More
H. Ross Perot, Texas Billionaire and Former Presidential Candidate, dies aged 89,
TicTocbyBloomberg on Jul 9, 2019 H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. Perot, whose 19% of the vote in 1992 stands among the best showings by an independent candidate in the past century, died early Tuesday at his home in Dallas surrounded by his devoted family, family spokesman James Fuller said. As a boy in Texarkana, Texas, Perot delivered newspapers from the back of a pony. He earned his billions in a more modern way, however — by building Electronic Data Systems Corp., which helped other companies manage their computer networks. Yet the most famous event in his career didn’t involve sales and earnings; he financed a private commando raid in 1979 to free two EDS employees who were being held in a prison in Iran. The tale was turned into a book and a movie.…More
TicTocbyBloomberg on Jul 9, 2019 H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. Perot, whose 19% of the vote in 1992 stands among the best showings by an independent candidate in the past century, died early Tuesday at his home in Dallas surrounded by his devoted family, family spokesman James Fuller said. As a boy in Texarkana, Texas, Perot delivered newspapers from the back of a pony. He earned his billions in a more modern way, however — by building Electronic Data Systems Corp., which helped other companies manage their computer networks. Yet the most famous event in his career didn’t involve sales and earnings; he financed a private commando raid in 1979 to free two EDS employees who were being held in a prison in Iran. The tale was turned into a book and a movie.…More
I saw him when he came to Gresham, Oregon in 1992 in a tour of colleges. Such a thing would be unthinkable now but it was a time of relative sense certainly by comparison with our present benighted and further-subverted age. Ended up going to that same college years later but at the time of hearing H. Ross Perot's remarks I was twelve and a young libertarian-conservative and went with my Dad. I …More
I saw him when he came to Gresham, Oregon in 1992 in a tour of colleges. Such a thing would be unthinkable now but it was a time of relative sense certainly by comparison with our present benighted and further-subverted age. Ended up going to that same college years later but at the time of hearing H. Ross Perot's remarks I was twelve and a young libertarian-conservative and went with my Dad. I remember I couldn't make it to the stage quickly enough to shake his hand however Perot at one point asked "all the young people under eighteen to please stand up." I did as did about a dozen others. He said something close to - as far as I am able to remember - "we love you and will try to work hard for your future and to retain the freedoms won in the past, we hope you do the same for your children." Thinking of that makes me sad that the country and the world has fallen so short of Perot's dream. The man had his personal/personality/political blind-spots and failings to be sure but essentially a good mind on his shoulders, a family man, and, I think, a good man.