Rickboy
Nom Nom Nom Nom.. me hungry for a SuperBowl
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I was fortunate to have known and worked for this man. I had lunch with him one day after snuck up behind me in the cafeteria line. It was a great conversation. Later my career kinda kicked off at Perot Systems after I came up with the idea to create a virtualization practice to turn one of our accounts profitable. I had to go explain everything about virtualization to Ross Sr and the other execs. The whole conversation was funny as hell. When Ross Sr spoke, you shut up and listened because he was about to lay down some wisdom.
The halls of the HQ for Perot Systems were basically a huge museum. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the Russian space agency had to sell off a bunch of historical artifacts to make ends meet. Ross bought almost every item and kept them on display at our building. He told the Russians that if they ever wanted those artifacts back, he would sell them back at the price he paid. Other parts of HQ had a computer museum with a fully restored and functional ENIAC. There was also the Presidential Election hall with all those charts he showed on TV. It was a great place to work.
RIP Ross Sr. You'll be missed.
The halls of the HQ for Perot Systems were basically a huge museum. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the Russian space agency had to sell off a bunch of historical artifacts to make ends meet. Ross bought almost every item and kept them on display at our building. He told the Russians that if they ever wanted those artifacts back, he would sell them back at the price he paid. Other parts of HQ had a computer museum with a fully restored and functional ENIAC. There was also the Presidential Election hall with all those charts he showed on TV. It was a great place to work.
RIP Ross Sr. You'll be missed.
Billionaire and former presidential candidate Ross Perot dies at 89
Perot, who ran for president twice, died after a five-month battle with leukemia, a representative for the Perot family said.
cnb.cx