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After leaving IBM in 1962, he founded EDS Company. By 1968, EDS went public and within three days, EDS's share price soared from $16 per share to $165 per share, landing him on the cover of Fortune Magazine, where he was called the fastest money-maker and the richest Texan.
The internal network of Boston University, where Tommy had previously studied, whether it was hardware or software, from construction to maintenance, was all managed by Ross Perot's EDS Company. Moreover, EDS's clients included not only Boston University but many large companies, banks, and government institutions.
If Tommy had indeed decided to start a business and designed a decent piece of software, he'd rather submit his business plan to the office of Ross Perot than to other software tycoons in Silicon Valley. Ross Perot was a typical pragmatist, and Tommy, who also believed in pragmatism and shared the same view of the world, could probably communicate more easily with him.
