Ross Perot, 74
He has a few new gray hairs, but Perot hasn't slowed down. These days he spends more time with his pet cause - helping injured U.S. soldiers get special medical care - than with Perot Systems, where he's chairman emeritus. While he says he's not interested in politics anymore, Washington still frustrates him. "At one point, the Model A Ford looked great, right?" he says of Social Security. "But as times changed, engineers figured out ways to make it better. They don't do that in Washington, and that's sad."
Presidential candidate
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