Morton Meyerson

Name: Morton (Mort) H. Meyerson

Born: 1938

Computer-related contributions

• Former president and vice chairman of Electronic Data Systems, Inc.
• In 1984, Morton played a significant role in the sale of EDS to General Motors for $2.5 billion, becoming the top technology officer at General Motors.

Honors and awards

• Outstanding Chief Executive Officer from The Wall Street Transcript.

Quotes

"The Japanese have a great saying: 'When the student is ready, the Buddha will appear."