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Jul 9, 2019 · July 9, 2019. Ross Perot, the wiry Texas gadfly who made a fortune in computer services, amazed the nation with audacious paramilitary missions to Vietnam and Iran, and ran for president in...
A native of Dallas, Texas, H. Ross Perot, Jr. came to prominence early in life. He graduated from Vanderbilt University and shortly thereafter co-piloted the first around-the-world helicopter flight in 1982, at the age of 23. Using a Bell 206L-1 Long Ranger II named “Spirit of Texas,” he and Jay Coburn flew around the world in 29 days, 3 ...
Jul 9, 2019 · DALLAS (AP) — H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice mounted outsider campaigns for president, has died. He was 89. The cause of death was leukemia, a family spokesman said Tuesday.
Ross Perot, Jr. is also the founder and chairman of Hillwood, a real estate investment and development company ranked among the top 10 residential land developers in the United States. Ross Perot is an American success story, one whose influence will continue to endure through the countless lives he touched worldwide.
Jul 9, 2019 · Ross Perot, the billionaire tycoon who mounted two unsuccessful third-party presidential campaigns in the 1990s, died Tuesday, family spokesman James Fuller confirmed to CNN. He was 89. Perot...
Jul 9, 2019 · Ross Perot, a self-made billionaire business magnate who twice ran as a third-party candidate for president, died Tuesday at his home in Dallas surrounded by family. He was 89. "In business and...
Henry Ross Perot Jr., Chairman of EastWest Institute, is a pioneer of aviation who piloted the first helicopter flight to circumnavigate the world. This feat was completed in a Bell 206 L-1 Long Ranger II, The Spirit of Texas. Starting on September 1, 1982, the trip took 29 days and covered 26 countries.
