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Presidential candidate since theodore roosevelt in 1912. >> what do you expect people to say? welcome to the crowd? >> he was born june 27th 1930 in texas to a family with humble roots and strong values. >> it doesn't matter what happens to you, what matters is did you do the right thing? >> he graduated the u.s. naval academy and became a battalion commander, then took a sales job with ibm. in 1962 with $1,000 loan from his wife margo, he became a tech entrepreneur found in electronic data systems which he sold 22 years later for $2.5 billion. in 1992 he announced his run for the white house ...

Passed both the house and senate. it took effect on january 1st, 1994. ross perot was born in 1930 in texas where his father ran a cotton hill. he graduated from the navel academy in 1953 and spent four years at sea. he started electronic data systems in the early 1960s. it later became one of the world's largest technology services companies, processing data. perot became a billionaire in 1984 when he sold a controlling interest to general motors for $2.5 billion. a couple of years later, he started a second data processing company, perot systems corporation. it sold to dell in 2009 for almos...

Eds, enormously successful company. his son also learned a lot from his dad. also enormously successful. really, i just think it's appears an eye con. he gives us a glims that with an independent candidacy, talked the right way, connected the right away could have a huge impact and maybe it is a foreshadowing of what an independent success will look like at the presidential level. that's my take-away from ross. he was great. >> that's a really interesting take. i always appreciate your commentary. >> i liked him. you know, he was very, very personable and tough as nails. tough as nails. and i ...

Ran i think he was very much in the public consciousness and people knew that he was really a self-made man. he grew up in texas, he went into the navy, became the salesman for ibm, and very quickly became a top employee. not a surprise. he was a good salesman, as we then saw in his political career. and then after he left ibm, he started electronic data systems in dallas. and once again, he just soared to the top. i think the other thing that -- wolf mentioned this, but it's very important to remember, he was a driving force behind the mia movement in vietnam. he really pushed very hard and

North vietnam. perot made headlines again in 1979 when two eds employees were taken hostage during the revolution in iran, he organized and paid for a successful private mission to rescue the men and bring them home. perot ran for president again in 1996, but this time he was barred from the debates, so he bought network air time and broad cast a series of informercials to explain his personal vision for america. perot won only 8% of the vote in '96. wolf blitzer, cnn washington. >> wolf, thank you so much for that. joining me right now by phone is cnn presidential historian douglas brinkley. ...