Today, he needs no introduction. H. Ross Perot has a amassed a staggering $3.2 Billion dollar fortune according to Forbes Magazine. He’s run for president, he has a ranch in Texas – that’s 100,000 acres and his business interests are gigantic. Yet They Once said “Ross Who?”
When he got out of the Navy, no one had ever heard of him. From a Middle-class background, He didn’t have a single cent in the bank. Then he discovered how to get rich…
Huge profits in government contracts made H. Ross Perot a millionaire before he was 30 and over 25 million by the time he was 34 years old. Anyone could have done the same thing.
His lifestyle is the envy of the world… a private Boeing 737… a 118-room mansion in sunny Florida… a 156 foot yacht… people breaking down his door to meet him… deals coming to him with the ease of a Michael Jordan MID-court lob.
His business interests are almost unbelievable. His casinos in New Jersey generate close to $1 Billion in revenue every year. That’s 22.5 million a month. Trump Tower in New York is home to Steven Spielberg, movie stars, the wealthy, the famous. Donald Trump can afford anything- but that wasn’t always the case.
He started mixing salad dressing in his kitchen in Westport, Connecticut. Then a friend suggested he try selling them. He did and an empire was born- Newman’s Own salad dressing was an instant smash hit. Today sales have gone through $105 million.
Paul Newman then learned about a government program that gave you money to promote your business- and he wisely jumped on the bandwagon. All of his profits are given away to charitable causes, confirming the great actor as one of Americas true heroes.