H. Ross Perot may have single-handedly done more to shake up American politics during the 1990s than any other political candidate. His independent, populist candidacy for the Presidency of the United States was a breath of fresh air in a stale political landscape, and gained a lot of momentum before it ultimately stalled.
Perot is the son of a cotton broker who attended Texarkana Junior College for two years before transferring to the United States Naval Academy in 1949. He was commissioned into the U.S. Navy and served from 1953 to 1957. It was then that he began a career in business, and before his political career, made his biggest mark.
He started in business as a salesman for IBM, but by 1962 was ready to start his own company. Electronic Data Systems made him a millionaire. EDS began by designing, installing and operating data-processing systems on a contract basis, and had a major coup early on by landing a contract to process medical claims for Blue Cross and other major insurance companies. EDS went public in 1968. He sold it to General Motors in 1984 for two and a half billion dollars in special issue stock and a seat on the GM Board of Directors, which he held for two years.
One of his early forays into politic came in 1969, when he launched an unsuccessful campaign to free American POWs then being held in North Vietnam. His first run for the White House came in 1992, when he announced on national TV that he would run if enough supporters filed petitions enabling him to appear on the ballot in all 50 states. He dropped out of the race and then re-entered it, only to lose to Bill Clinton.
Frank Zaccanelli is a successful Dallas businessman who worked for Ross Perot for fourteen years starting in 1986, developing companies and real estate projects all across the United States.
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He started in business as a salesman for IBM, but by 1962 was ready to start his own company. Electronic Data Systems made him a millionaire. EDS began by designing, installing and operating data-processing systems on a contract basis, and had a major coup early on by landing a contract to process medical claims for Blue Cross and other major insurance companies. EDS went public in 1968. He sold it to General Motors in 1984 for two and a half billion dollars in special issue stock and a seat on the GM Board of Directors, which he held for two years.
One of his early forays into politic came in 1969, when he launched an unsuccessful campaign to free American POWs then being held in North Vietnam. His first run for the White House came in 1992, when he announced on national TV that he would run if enough supporters filed petitions enabling him to appear on the ballot in all 50 states. He dropped out of the race and then re-entered it, only to lose to Bill Clinton.
Frank Zaccanelli is a successful Dallas businessman who worked for Ross Perot for fourteen years starting in 1986, developing companies and real estate projects all across the United States.
