Perot Systems
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Perot Systems Corporation was an information technology services provider founded in 1988 by a group of investors led by Ross Perot and based in Plano, Texas, United States. Perot Systems provided information technology services in the industries of health care, government, manufacturing, banking, insurance and others. Perot Systems was especially strong in health care industries with services such as digitizing and automating medical records.[2]
Company type | Public |
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NYSE: PER | |
Industry | Information technology |
Founded | June 1, 1988; 35 years ago (1988-06-01) |
Founder | Ross Perot |
Defunct | September 21, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-09-21) |
Successor | Dell Services, NTT Data Services |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Ross Perot, Jr., chairman James A. Champy, chairman Peter Altabef, chief executive officer Russell Freeman, chief operating officer |
Services | Application development, systems integration, information technology consulting |
Revenue | US$2.8 billion (2010)[1] |
Number of employees | 23,100 (2010)[1] |
Website | perotsystems.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-06-10) |
A Fortune 1000 corporation with offices in more than 25 countries, Perot Systems employed more than 23,000 people and had an annual revenue of $2.8 billion prior to its acquisition for $3.9 billion in 2009 by Dell, Inc. as Dell Services.[2][3] Dell Services was then acquired by NTT Data in November 2016.[4][5]