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Ross Perot

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ROSS PEROT: MAKING A BILLIONAIRE

BY JAKE HEINEN

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.