Other Facts: Legally changed his name to Henry Ross Perot at age twelve, and went by Ross, like his father and late brother Gabriel Ross Perot Jr. Began working at age seven, doing odd jobs such as breaking horses, and selling Christmas cards, magazines, and garden seeds door-to-door. In 1969, his efforts to deliver goods to U.S. prisoners of war held in North Vietnam brought the treatment of POWs into the spotlight.