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Question: What ever happened to Ross Perot!?
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Ross Perot is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Perot Systems Corporation!. From April 1988 to June 1992 and again from August 2000 to September 2004, Mr!. Perot held the position of chairman of the company!. He has served on its board of directors from April 1988 to August 1994 and from November 1997 to the present!.

In 1988, Mr!. Perot founded Perot Systems and subsequently led it to the Fortune 1000 status it holds today!. Prior to that, he founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962 with a $1,000 loan from his wife!. Over the next 22 years, he built EDS into one of the world’s largest technology services firms, and in 1984, he sold it to General Motors for $2!.5 billion!. Before founding EDS, Mr!. Perot worked for IBM in the late 1950s as a salesman in the Data Processing Division!.

Mr!. Perot ran for president of the United States in 1992 as an independent candidate, winning 19 percent of the vote—one of the largest percentages ever for an independent candidate!. He ran again in 1996 on the Reform Party ticket!.

He called Newsweek on Jan!. 16, 2008 giving an interview slamming John McCain!.

The pint-size Texan with the funny voice and the big ears isn't planning to run for president again, but says he will launch a Web site next month with plenty of the charts and graphs he made famous when explaining the deficit in 1992!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

He's still alive, but has stayed out of politics for the most part since the 2000 election!.

he rarely answers any political questions from reporters, choosing to instead focus on his business dealings!.

Of late, however, he has come out from political "retirement" to publicly criticize John McCain and to show support for Mitt Romney (before he pulled out from the race)

Perot is no longer associated with the mostly defunct Reform Party!.Www@QuestionHome@Com