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Industry
  
Information technology

Number of employees
  
23,100 (2010)

Founded
  
1 June 1988

Revenue
  
US$2.8 billion (2010)

Founder
  
Ross Perot

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Successor
  
Dell Services, NTT DATA Services

Defunct
  
September 21, 2009 (2009-09-21)

Key people
  
Ross Perot, Jr., chairman James A. Champy, chairman Peter Altabef, chief executive officer Russell Freeman, chief operating officer

Stock price
  
PER (NYSE) US$ 3.00 -0.10 (-3.23%)24 Mar, 4:02 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Plano, Texas, United States

Subsidiaries
  
Perot Systems Government Services Inc

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Perot Systems 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. 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 in 2009 by Dell, Inc. for $3.9 billion.

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Subsequently, Dell Services was acquired by NTT DATA in November 2016.

History

H. Ross Perot and eight associates founded Perot Systems in June 1988 after having sold EDS to General Motors. Before its acquisition by Dell Inc. in September 2009, Perot Systems was a Fortune 1000 corporation with more than 23,000 associates and annual revenue (2008) of $2.8 billion. The company maintained offices in more than 25 countries around the world, including the United States, Europe, India, China and Mexico.

Services

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.

Recognition

As a top-five finisher for the third consecutive year, Perot Systems was named to the Fortune magazine “Most Admired Companies in America” list for IT Services in 2008. Company ratings are based on eight criteria, ranging from investment value and quality of products/services to innovation and quality of management. According to a survey Dell Services (the successor of Perot Systems) was ranked nr.1 as IT provider in the US healthcare market

Acquisition by Dell and NTT DATA

On September 21, 2009, it was officially announced that Dell and Perot Systems had entered into a definitive agreement for Dell to acquire Perot Systems for approximately $3.9 Billion. The acquisition was designed to provide Dell with access to a wider set of IT services and solutions while providing existing Perot Systems customers with access to Dell computers and other hardware. Under the agreement, Dell acquired all of Perot Systems' class A stock for $30 per share, representing a 61% premium over the previous closing price for Perot Systems stock. Dell sold the division to NTT DATA in 2016.

References

Perot Systems Wikipedia