On the 60th birthday of Ross Perot’s Electronic Data Systems, Perot playwright and biographer Dave Lieber looks at why the company and its leader are revered by former employees.

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Ross Perot’s life, for instance, was filled with low points, Lieber says. “But because he was Ross Perot he was almost always able to overcome the low point and succeed.” Those make the best stories.

Dave Lieber, author of the first Ross Perot biography in 25 years, sneaks in a mini media tour in between his duties as The Watchdog columnist at The Dallas Morning News.