ROSS PEROT: MAKING A BILLIONAIRE

EARLY LIFE

• Born in Texarkana, June 27, 1930
• Did odd jobs as a child
• Served in Navy
• Has wife and five children

THE END OF THE BEGINING

• Worked as a salesman for IBM
• Grew interested in "military industrial complex"

THE BIRTH OF A BUSINESS

• Founded EDS
• Started with a $1000 dollar loan and IBM incomes
• Began with maintaining computers and software
• Later did business and insurance services

HOW CONSUMERS BENEFIT

• Receive help with computers and apps
• Helps with business and insurance work
• Helps telecommunication lines between computers
• Help install databases and libraries

TRENDSETTING

• Pioneered Distributed Processing
• Made largest private digital communications network

CHANGING WITH TIME

• Quality has increased exponentially since foundation
• Began more and more services to customers.

CHANGING WITH TIME CONT.

• Now works primarily for small banks
• Does government jobs

COOL FACTS

• Funded Perot museum
• Ran for prez. In 1992 and 1996
• Once the leading manufacturer in ATMs

QUOTES

• If you see a snake, just kill it- don't appoint a committee on snakes.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Retrieved from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Data_Systems#Services
• Forbes (2016, 27January ) retrieved from HTTPS://Forbes/profile/h-Ross-Perot-sr./
• Reference for business, retrieved from http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/98/Electronic-Data-Systems-Cor...