Ross Perot Jr. is Chairman of The Perot Companies, overseeing the Perot family’s interests in real estate, oil and gas, and financial investments, and Chairman of Hillwood, the global real estate development company he founded in 1988. That year, he developed Fort Worth Alliance Airport, the nation’s first industrial airport, which anchors AllianceTexas, a 27,000-acre mixed-use development and home to the AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone. AllianceTexas now includes 590 companies, has generated nearly $130 billion in regional economic impact, and supports more than 66,000 direct jobs. 

Perot co-founded Perot Systems Corporation, serving as CEO, Chairman, and board member before its acquisition by Dell in 2009. He then served on Dell’s Board of Directors until 2013. He currently serves as Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and sits on the boards of the American Enterprise Institute and the Hoover Institution. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Board Member Emeritus of Vanderbilt University, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and St. Mark’s School of Texas.