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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rich Galen	Pundit	21-Dec-1946		Republican hack-turned-pundit

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