Business. Ross Perot, self-made billionaire, patriot and philanthropist, dies at 89 The pioneer of the computer services industry, who founded Electronic Data Systems Corp. in 1962 and Perot ...

Ross Perot, the billionaire tycoon who mounted two unsuccessful third-party presidential campaigns in the 1990s, died Tuesday, family spokesman James Fuller confirmed to CNN. He was 89.

In 1984, GM bought Electronic Data Systems Corp., the company Perot had founded, for $2.55 billion. Perot, a graduate of the Naval Academy, started EDS in 1962 with $1,000 after working for IBM ...

Perot Systems’ stock closed Thursday at $12.90 a share, down $1.65 on the New York Stock Exchange. In all, the Plano, Texas, computer services company lost about $539 million in market value ...

Ross Perot is shown in this Oct. 30, 1968, file photo, as Electronic Data Systems Corp. chairman. In 1984 Perot, founder of EDS, sold his company to GM for $2.5 billion.

With Perot Systems set to be sold by Dell, here are 10 of the most interesting, unusual or wacky things the company and its leaders have been involved in since the company was founded 28 years ago.

Perot Systems, based in Plano, Texas, did not gain confidential information as a consultant on a $57-million contract to help set up California’s power market, he said, ...

S.E.C. Sues Over Trading in Perot Options. Prosecutors say an employee of an affiliate of Perot Systems Corporation reaped an $8.6 million profit through illegal bets on the company’s stock.

NEW YORK — Dell will spend $3.9 billion for the technology-services company Perot Systems in an attempt to expand beyond the PC business and compete more aggressively with Hewlett- Packard ...

Perot Systems Corp. doubled its government business this week when it announced plans to acquire QSS Group Inc., a federal government information-technology services company based in Lanham.

DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Perot Systems turned positive Friday after the company defended itself against claims that it helped to inflate power prices in California. Following two days of heavy ...