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Petrus Asset Management (d/b/a Perot Investments) is a family investment firm founded by Ross Perot, a former presidential candidate and founder of Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Perot took EDS public in 1968 and later merged the company with General Motors. Subsequently, Perot and his son, Ross Perot, Jr. started and led Perot Systems, an IT services company that went public in 1999 and was acquired by Dell Inc. Perot Investments provides information technology startups with early-stage venture investments, as well as acquires majority ownership interests in leading middle-market companies. Through Perot Holdings, investments of $25 million to $100 million are made in companies with a minimum EBITDA of $5 million. The firm is industry agnostic and will look at opportunities in US-based companies, however, preferred regions are Texas and the Southwest, Southeast, and Midwest. Perot's vision essentially created the Information Technology (IT) services sector, which today has become an almost $300 billion global industry. The firm's Petrus Aviation, is a flexible and efficient capital provider to the aviation leasing and trading industry.
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