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07/09/19 2:40 PM

#23780 RE: shell3 #23778

Ross Perot, self-made billionaire, patriot and philanthropist, dies at 89 https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2019/07/09/ross-perot-self-made-billionaire-patriot-philanthropist-dies-89

"Ross had an uncanny ability to think about six moves ahead," said former EDS executive Tom Meurer, trustee of the Perot Family Trust. "He saw things that most people didn't. It was a sixth sense."
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In 1968, Perot tapped Ken Langone, a 33-year-old Wall Street up-and-comer, to handle EDS' first public offering. The pair went on to become billionaires and lifelong best buddies.