Ross Perot Net Worth

CelebrityNetWorth records Ross Perot’s fortune at $4 billion in a profile dated 3 November 2026, the value the site attaches to his estate when he died in 2019. For years he ranked among the richest people in the United States.

The figure rests almost entirely on two companies he founded and sold, not on salary, inheritance or stock held for the long term.

The first was Electronic Data Systems, founded in 1962 to take over data processing for large organizations. General Motors bought it in 1984 for $2.5 billion.

The second was Perot Systems, started in 1988 and sold to Dell in 2009 for $3.9 billion, of which Perot received about $800 million. Property in Dallas and Bermuda accounts for the rest.

Perot was born in Texarkana, Texas, in 1930, graduated from the Naval Academy and served in the Navy before joining IBM, where he became one of its strongest salesmen. He left in 1962 to found EDS, which went public in 1968 and made him rich early.

In 1992 he ran for president as an independent and won 18.9 percent of the popular vote. He ran again in 1996 for the Reform Party and later endorsed Republican candidates.

We publish the CelebrityNetWorth figure dated 3 November 2026 and list its components for readers. That valuation reflects the fortune at his death in 2019 and is not restated in current dollars.

Both company sale prices are public records. What Perot kept after tax, debt and reinvestment is not disclosed, so the total remains an estimate rather than an audited balance sheet.