Established in
1962 by [Ross Perot]
? (as Electronic Data Systems Corporation),
EDS is a global information technology services company headquartered in [Plano, Texas]
?.
General Motors acquired the company in
1984. In
2000 it employed 128,000 people located in 58 countries, and reported revenues of US$19.2 billion. 22% of that revenue came from contracts with the
United States government, a slightly smaller amount from contracts with General Motors (their largest single client), and 42% from outside the United States.
Link [www.eds.com]