[3] Meyerson attended Paschal High School, where he played football, sang in the choir, and was senior class president.
[12] He then graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and philosophy.
[14][15] [16] After college, Meyerson served as an officer in the United States Army with an occupational specialty involving automatic data processing.
He then worked at Electronic Data Systems, Inc. from 1966 to 1971, leaving the company as President and Vice Chair leading over 50,000 employees.
[11][20] He serves on the board of the Dallas Symphony Association and is Vice Chairman Emeritus of the National Park Foundation.