Rank #633
H. Ross Perot Jr
Net worth $6.5B
Real estate · United States
- Born
- Nov 07, 1958
- Age
- 67
- Source
- Real estate
- Residence
- Dallas, Texas
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Vanderbilt University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Ross Perot Jr. founded real estate development company Hillwood, whose diversified portfolio spans 13,127 acres owned or optioned.
- His father, late billionaire presidential candidate Ross Perot Sr., let his son borrow against his fortune to start his real estate empire.
- Perot Jr.'s Hillwood has developed and acquired over 290 million square feet of industrial space and 90 residential communities.
- Hillwood also built AllianceTexas, an inland port on 27,000 acres of pasture outside Fort Worth, which is home 590 companies.
- Perot Jr. became vice chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Congress in November 2024.
- A former Air Force pilot, Perot Jr. was the first person ever to circumnavigate the globe in a helicopter.
- In 2001 Perot Jr. sold the Dallas Mavericks basketball team to Mark Cuban for $285 million.