Ross Perot, Jr.

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Ross Perot, Jr. serves as Chairman of The Perot Group, which manages the various Perot family interests that include real estate, oil and gas, and financial investments. Additionally, Mr. Perot is Chairman of Hillwood, a Texas-based, leading global real estate development company, which he founded in 1988.

That same year, Mr. Perot developed Fort Worth Alliance Airport, the country’s first industrial airport, through a unique public-private partnership. The airport now anchors AllianceTexas, a 27,000-acre master-planned, mixed-use community in North Texas. The area is home to the AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone, an integrated testbed for both surface and air mobility technology to test, scale, and commercialize. Since its inception, AllianceTexas has become home to over 600 companies, generating an estimated $142.9 billion in regional economic impact and creating more than 73,000 direct jobs.

As an aviation enthusiast, Mr. Perot completed the first helicopter flight around the world in less than 30 days in 1982 and served as a pilot in the United States Air Force. Mr. Perot then became chairman of the Air Force Memorial Foundation, leading the 14-year effort to build the United States Air Force Memorial in Washington, DC.

Mr. Perot is the co-founder of Perot Systems Corporation and served in various roles within the company, including CEO, Chairman of the Board, and member of its Board of Directors. Perot Systems was acquired by Dell Inc. in 2009, at which time Mr. Perot joined their Board of Directors, where he served until 2013.

Mr. Perot currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and on the board of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Hoover Institution, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also Board Member Emeritus for Vanderbilt University, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and St. Mark’s School of Texas.