Ross Perot Quotes
If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.
Mason, Todd. Perot: An Unauthorized Biography. Dow Jones-Irwin, 1990, p. 58.
Born in the Ukraine to middle class parents, he became an successful engineer in Russia before he emigrated in 1919. America has not only been a magnet for the persecuted and the poor but highly skilled, and educated people came to America for the opportunity to further their career. No companies in Europe were then interested in producing large airplanes. In America, within 4 years he started his own company. He helped to design the famous Pan American Airways Flying Boats and in 1942 his company developed the world’s first production helicopter. He might have done that in France, Russia or elsewhere but he chose America like millions of other immigrants.
Henry Ross Perot was an American business magnate, billionaire, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an independent presidential campaign in 1992 and a third-party campaign in 1996, establishing the Reform Party in the latter election. Although he failed to carry a single state in either election, both campaigns were among the strongest presidential showings by a third party or independent candidate in U.S. history.
