Ross Perot
Ross Perot
Henry Ross Perot, known as Ross Perot, is an American businessman best known for being an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and the Reform party presidential candidate in 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systemsin 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 June 1930
CityTexarkana, TX
CountryUnited States of America
The first EDSer to see a snake kills it. At GM, first thing you do is organize a committee on snakes. Then you bring in a consultant who knows a lot about snakes. Third thing you do is talk about it for a year.
[In Moscow] we got through to [Soviet leaders] Brezhnev and Kosygin on the telephone. I think it was because nobody had ever tried to call them at home before.
Business is a cobweb of human relationships
Success is like Halley's comet, you know. Every now and then it just comes around.
I was born rich. Not in tangible things... but rich in the parents I had.
If we decide to take this level of business creating ability nationwide, we'll all be plucking chickens for a living.
The American dream. Those three short, simple words encompass the hopes and aspirations of all the peoples on earth. The words are not only short and simple. They are also fragile.
Japan is our rival, not our enemy. Japan is a competitor... Bashing a Toyota won't make a better car.
The one thing I know through experience ... is that people don't know why they come to work until they don't have to come to work.
I love this country, I love the principles on which it's founded.
Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
Big is not beautiful. Big is inefficient.
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.