H. Ross Perot, Jr.
Henry Ross Perot Jr. is a real estate developer and American businessman who is best known for his development of Alliance, Texas, an inland port near Dallas–Fort Worth, and making the first circumnavigation of the world in a helicopter at the age of 23.
- Ross Perot Jr. founded real estate development company Hillwood, whose diversified portfolio is estimated to exceed over 40 million square feet.
- Ross Perot Sr., the late billionaire presidential candidate, let his son borrow against his fortune from technology to start his real estate empire.
- Perot’s Hillwood has developed dozens of industrial projects including data centers for Facebook, plus residential communities in Texas and beyond.
- Hillwood also built AllianceTexas, an inland port on 25,000 acres of pasture outside Fort Worth.
- In 2017 Hillwood sold 15 million square feet of industrial buildings to Singapore-listed Global Logistic Properties for a reported $1.1 billion.
