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COMPANY

Electronic Data Systems Corporation, founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot. It had 20,000 employees in 1984 when the company was acquired by General Motors. EDS was spun off as a public company in June 1996. Acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2008.

Official Website:
http://www.eds.com/

Industry:
Business Services

Ticker:
NYSE:EDS

Corporate headquarters:
Plano, TX

Sales:
$22.1B (2007)

Employees:
139,000

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard H. Brown
Business
c. 1947   CEO of EDS, 1999-2003
James E. Daley
Business
c. 1941   CFO of EDS, 1999-2003
Jerome L. Davis
Business
c. 1955   Jerome L. Davis & Associates, LLC
H. Paulett Eberhart
Business
c. 1954   CEO of Invensys Process Systems
John Engler
Politician
12-Oct-1948   Governor of Michigan, 1991-2003
Gary J. Fernandes
Business
c. 1944   Former EDS executive
Milledge A. Hart III
Business
c. 1934   President of EDS, 1970-77
Jeffrey M. Heller
Business
c. 1946   Vice Chairman of EDS
Hubert Joly
Business
c. 1960   President & CEO of Carlson Companies
Michael H. Jordan
Business
13-Jun-1936 25-May-2010 CEO of EDS, 2003-07
H. Ross Perot
Business
27-Jun-1930   Eccentric presidential candidate
Ronald A. Rittenmeyer
Business
c. 1948   CEO of EDS, 2007-08
Jane L. Warner
Business
c. 1948   Illinois Tool Works executive
Steven M. West
Business
c. 1957   COO of nCUBE, 2001-03

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
W. Roy Dunbar
Business
1961   CEO of Network Solutions
Martin C. Faga
Government
11-Jun-1941   Director of the NRO, 1989-93
S. Malcolm Gillis
Educator
28-Dec-1940   President of Rice University, 1993-2004
Ray J. Groves
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Ernst & Young, 1977-94
Ellen M. Hancock
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Exodus Communications, 1998-2001
Jeffrey M. Heller
Business
c. 1946   Vice Chairman of EDS
Ray L. Hunt
Business
6-Apr-1943   Chairman of Hunt Oil
Edward A. Kangas
Business
22-May-1944   CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, 1989-2000
Ronald A. Rittenmeyer
Business
c. 1948   CEO of EDS, 2007-08
James K. Sims
Business
c. 1947   Cambridge Technology Partners
R. David Yost
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Amerisource Bergen
Ernesto Zedillo
Head of State
27-Dec-1951   President of Mexico, 1994-2000

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
James Baker
Government
28-Apr-1930   US Secretary of State, 1989-92
Dick Cheney
Politician
30-Jan-1941   US Vice President, 2001-09
William M. Daley
Government
8-Aug-1948   White House Chief of Staff, 2011-12
Robert J. Eaton
Business
13-Feb-1940   CEO of Chrysler, 1993-98
Gary J. Fernandes
Business
c. 1944   Former EDS executive
William H. Gray
Politician
20-Aug-1941   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-91
Fred Hassan
Business
12-Nov-1945   CEO of Schering-Plough
Michael H. Jordan
Business
13-Jun-1936 25-May-2010 CEO of EDS, 2003-07
C. Robert Kidder
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Borden Chemical, 1995-2002
J. Michael Losh
Business
c. 1948   CFO of General Motors, 1994-2000
Solomon D. Trujillo
Business
17-Nov-1951   CEO of Telstra

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Rich Galen
Pundit
21-Dec-1946   Republican hack-turned-pundit


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