No. 38: Henry Ross Perot Jr.
Age: 54Home: DallasNet Worth $1.8 billion
32/35
Jump to… Telling Fortunes No. 1: Alice Walton No. 2: Michael Dell No. 3: Richard Kinder No. 4: Harold Simmons No. 5: Andrew Beal No. 6: Charles Butt and Family No. 8: Ray L. Hunt Nos. 9, 10, 11, and 12: Dannine Avara, Scott Duncan, Milane Duncan Frantz, Randa Duncan Williams No. 7: Elaine Marshall and Family No. 13: Jeffrey Hildebrand No. 14: Robert Rowling No. 15: Trevor Rees-Jones No. 16: John Paul Dejoria No. 17: Henry Ross Perot Sr. No. 18: Kelcy Warren No. 19: William Herbert Hunt No. 20: Jerry Jones No. 21: John Arnold Nos. 22, 30, 31, and 37: Robert Bass, Edward Bass, Lee Bass, and Sid Bass No. 23: David Bonderman No. 24: Richard Rainwater No. 25: Mark Cuban No. 26: Dan Friedkin No. 27: Timothy Headington No. 28: Tilman Fertitta No. 29: Rodney Lewis No. 32: Robert McNair No. 33: Fayez Sarofim No. 34: Ray Davis No. 35: Gerald J. Ford No. 36: Drayton McLane Jr. No. 38: Henry Ross Perot Jr. No. 39: Joe Jamail Jr. Nos. 40 and 41: Dan Wilks and Farris Wilks The Forbes Methodology
Though he grew up with a famous father, Ross Perot Jr. quickly established his own identity. When he was 23, he became the first person to circumnavigate the earth in a helicopter. He spent his twenties flying F-4 Phantom jets in the Air Force. In his thirties he created the real estate firm Hillwood, whose massive AllianceTexas project helped transform the I-35 corridor north of Fort Worth. He also went to work for his father’s Perot Systems, eventually becoming president in 2000 and chairman in 2004 and ultimately engineering the sale of the company to Dell Inc., in 2009, for a whopping $3.9 billion.
32/35
Jump to… Telling Fortunes No. 1: Alice Walton No. 2: Michael Dell No. 3: Richard Kinder No. 4: Harold Simmons No. 5: Andrew Beal No. 6: Charles Butt and Family No. 8: Ray L. Hunt Nos. 9, 10, 11, and 12: Dannine Avara, Scott Duncan, Milane Duncan Frantz, Randa Duncan Williams No. 7: Elaine Marshall and Family No. 13: Jeffrey Hildebrand No. 14: Robert Rowling No. 15: Trevor Rees-Jones No. 16: John Paul Dejoria No. 17: Henry Ross Perot Sr. No. 18: Kelcy Warren No. 19: William Herbert Hunt No. 20: Jerry Jones No. 21: John Arnold Nos. 22, 30, 31, and 37: Robert Bass, Edward Bass, Lee Bass, and Sid Bass No. 23: David Bonderman No. 24: Richard Rainwater No. 25: Mark Cuban No. 26: Dan Friedkin No. 27: Timothy Headington No. 28: Tilman Fertitta No. 29: Rodney Lewis No. 32: Robert McNair No. 33: Fayez Sarofim No. 34: Ray Davis No. 35: Gerald J. Ford No. 36: Drayton McLane Jr. No. 38: Henry Ross Perot Jr. No. 39: Joe Jamail Jr. Nos. 40 and 41: Dan Wilks and Farris Wilks The Forbes Methodology
