In 2003, the privately held company ranked as the nation's 42nd largest home builder with $420 million in revenue.
[3] The group held press conferences, ran ads and endorsed a book questioning Kerry's service record and his military awards.
These groups have primarily paid for negative advertisements targeting Democratic Party candidates in the 2006 United States general election.
[8] The super PAC Restore Our Future (supporting Mitt Romney) received $3 million from Perry in February 2011.
In October 2002 Perry and his wife contributed $95,000 to DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority political action committee (ARMPAC).
[21] During the 2012 Wisconsin Gubernatorial Recall Election, Perry donated $500,000 to the "Friends of Scott Walker"[22] campaign - second only to Diane Hendricks with $510,000.
He attended Baylor University in Waco, where his father, W.C. Perry, completed a public school teaching career as vice president of student affairs.
Perry graduated from Baylor in 1954 with a major in history and followed in his father's footsteps by teaching high school.
[26] Perry was a resident of Nassau Bay, Texas in Greater Houston and lived there for over thirty years.