Vital Stats

PARTY: Reform Party
AGE ON INAUGURATION DAY 1997: 66
HOMETOWN: grew up in Texarcana, TX; has lived in Dallas since 1957
FAMILY: Married to Margot; 5 children; 9 grandchildren
RELIGION: Presbyterian
EDUCATION: U.S. Naval Academy, B.S. (1953)
CURRENT JOB: founder, Reform Party of America (1995-present); founder and spokesman, United We Stand America (1993-present)
PREVIOUS JOBS: Data Processing Salesman, IBM Corporation (1957-1962); Founder, Chairman, CEO and Director, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Corporation. From an initial $1000 investment, Perot build EDS into a company worth $2.4 billion upon its merger with General Motors in 1984. Perot remained with GM-EDS until 1986 (1962-1984); Founder and Chairman, Perot Systems Corporation. (computer system firm). Resigned in May 1992 to run for president of the United States (1988-1992); The Perot Group (a real estate and investment concern)
MILITARY SERVICE: United States Navy (1953-1957)
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: Fiscal conservative, socially moderate
POLITICAL CAREER: Never held elected political office
PUBLICATIONS: "Not For Sale at Any Price" (1993); "Save Your Job, Save Our Country: Why NAFTA Must be Stopped - Now!" (with Pat Choate) (1994); "Intensive Care" (1995); "The Dollar Crisis: A Blueprint to Help Rebuild the American Dream" (with Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.) (1996)
PET ISSUE: Budget deficit
BIGGEST PLUS: Straight-talk simplicity, political outsider
BIGGEST MINUS: Brash, erratic behavior
ODDS OF WINNING ELECTION: 50 to 1
CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS: Perot Reform Committee, PO Box 96, Dallas, TX. 75221
WEB SITE: The Reform Party

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