CURRENT:
Founder (1988) of Perot Systems Corp.; served as chairman and CEO through to May 26, 1992.
Opened door to independent campaign for president Feb. 20, 1992, inspiring a grassroots petition movement; withdrew July 16, 1992; re-entered Oct. 1, 1992.

CAREER:
· Founder (1962) and CEO of Electronic Data Systems Corp.; sold the company to General Motors in 1984; resigned from the GM board in 1986.
· Salesman for IBM, 1957-62.

MILITARY:
Served in the U.S. Navy on a destroyer and an aircraft carrier, 1953-57; in the Naval Reserve to June 1961.

EDUCATION:
Attended Texarkana Junior College, 1947-49; graduate of U.S. Naval Academy, 1953; president of the Class of 1953.

FAMILY:
Married Margot Birmingham in 1956, five children.

AGE:
63 years, 0.1 month old on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 1993.
Born Jan. 17, 1930 in Texarkana, TX; father was a commodity broker.