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.

Children: Katherine, Carolyn, Suzanne, Nancy and Henry Ross Jr. Education: US Naval Academy, 1953 Military service: US Navy, 1953-1957 Other Facts: Legally changed his name to Henry Ross Perot at age ...

(adapted from The Buying of the President, Charles Lewis and the Center for Public Integrity, 1996) Henry Ross Perot perceives himself as a great American hero and says it is his personal mission to ...

Ross Perot, the billionaire businessman who twice ran for president in the 1990s, has died at the age of 89. The Dallas Morning News reports Perot died following a five-month battle with leukemia.

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. Perot ...

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 ...