COMPANY NEWS; PEROT SYSTEMS' SHARES SOAR ON THEIR FIRST DAY Shares in Perot Systems Corp, computer services company founded by Texas billionaire H Ross Perot, more than double in stock's first day of ...

DALLAS -- H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89.

Legendary Texas billionaire Henry Ross Perot, perhaps best known for his run as an independent candidate in the 1992 presidential campaign, died Tuesday at his home in Dallas, NBC 5 has confirmed.

This story has been updated throughout. H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died. He was 89. Perot, whose 19% of the vote in 1992 stands among the ...

DALLAS (AP) — H. Ross Perot rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty to become a self-made billionaire who twice ran for president with a mixture of folksy sayings and simple solutions to ...

He helped build H. Ross Perot’s company Electronic Data Systems into a leading data processing firm. He later played a crucial role in Mr. Perot’s 1992 presidential campaign. By Adam Nossiter A ...