Ross Perot (b.1930,) fully Henry Ross Perot, is an American entrepreneur, businessperson, and politician.
Born in Texarkana, Texas, Perot attended the United States Naval Academy and served in the navy for four years. He took a job as a salesperson with IBM and quit in 1962 to start his own computer services firm, Electronic Data Systems (EDS.) After selling EDS to General Motors in 1984, Perot acquired interests in real estate, gas, and oil. He also started another computer services company called Perot Systems Corporation, which he sold to Dell in 2009.
Drawing on his vast fortune to buy media time, Perot ran as a third-party candidate for American president in the 1992 and 1996 elections. Although he lost, he made a credible showing and received significant fractions of the popular vote.
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When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can’t find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose.
—Ross Perot
If we decide to take this level of business creating ability nationwide, we’ll all be plucking chickens for a living.
—Ross Perot
Topics: Business
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.
—Ross Perot
If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?
—Ross Perot
The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.
—Ross Perot
Topics: Action
Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.
—Ross Perot
Topics: Business, Engineering
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.
—Ross Perot
Topics: Success, Commitment, Humility, Discipline
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