Sam Zell

Extracted Attributes

• Education

  University of Michigan (BA, JD)

• Birth Name

  Samuel Zielonka

• Date of Birth

  1941-09-28 (Wikidata lists 1941-09-27)

• Date of Death

  2023-05-18

• Place of Birth

  Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

• Key Investment Strategy

  Buying assets below replacement cost

Timeline

• Sam Zell is born in Chicago, Illinois to Polish Jewish refugees. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1941-09-28

• Zell founds the predecessor of Equity Group Investments (EGI). (Source: Britannica)

  1968-01-01

• Zell's long-time business partner, Robert Lurie, passes away. (Source: Britannica)

  1990-01-01

• Zell establishes the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan. (Source: Britannica)

  1999-01-01

• Zell begins his term as Nareit's chair, serving through 2000. (Source: Nareit)

  1999-01-02

• Zell sells Equity Office Properties Trust to Blackstone Group for $39 billion in one of the largest real estate deals ever. (Source: Forbes)

  2007-01-01

• Sam Zell passes away at the age of 81. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2023-05-18

Sam Zell

Samuel Zell (born Shmuel Zielonka; September 28, 1941 – May 18, 2023) was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist primarily engaged in real estate investment. Companies founded by or controlled by Zell include Equity Residential, Equity International, EQ Office, Covanta, Tribune Media, and Anixter.

Web Search Results

• Sam Zell - Wikipedia

  Samuel Zell (born Shmuel Zielonka; September 28, 1941 – May 18, 2023) was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist primarily engaged in real estate investment. Companies founded by or controlled by Zell include Equity Residential, Equity International, EQ Office, Covanta, Tribune Media, and Anixter. ## Biography [edit] ### Early life and education [edit] [...] Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikidata item Appearance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American businessman (1941–2023) | Samuel Zell | | Born | Samuel Zielonka (1941-09-28)September 28, 1941 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | | Died | May 18, 2023(2023-05-18) (aged 81) | | Education | University of Michigan (BA, JD) | | Occupations | Businessman, philanthropist, lawyer | | Title | Chairman, Equity Residential, Equity International, EQ Office, Covanta, Tribune Media, and Anixter | | Spouse | Helen Herzog Fadim Zell (3rd wife) | | Children | 3 | [...] Zell was born on September 28, 1941, in Chicago. His parents, Ruchla, later Rochelle, and Berek, later Bernard, Zielonka, were Jews who immigrated from Poland four months before his birth to escape the Invasion of Poland by the Nazis. In Poland, his father was a grain trader. They immigrated to the United States with their young daughter, Leah, via Russia and Tokyo, "on transit visas supplied by Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat in Vilnius who saved thousands of Jews" and pretended to be tourists at the Bolshoi Ballet so as not to stand out. They then moved from Seattle to Albany Park, Chicago, where his father became a wholesale jeweler who also made successful investments in real estate and the stock market. In eighth grade, Zell took pictures at his prom and sold them. He later

• Mr. Sam Zell

  # Mr. Sam Zell / Founder, Chairman Equity Group Mr. Sam Zell photo Founder, Chairman Equity Group Investments Sam Zell is a global, opportunistic, often contrarian, investor. He specializes in identifying market anomalies and emerging trends, and has a long track record in turning around troubled companies and assets, leading industry consolidations, and bringing companies to the public markets. The majority of his investment portfolio is in energy, logistics, transportation, manufacturing, communications and healthcare, but he is often best known for his pioneering role and stewardship in creating the modern commercial real estate industry. [...] Sam is an active philanthropist with a focus on entrepreneurial education. Through the Zell Family Foundation, he has led the sponsorship of several leading entrepreneurship programs, including: the Zell/Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business; the Zell Fellows Program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management; the Samuel Zell/Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Real Estate Center; and the Zell Entrepreneurship Center at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC). The Zell Global Entrepreneur Network (ZGEN) unites the students and alumni of these programs and actively provides them with connections, opportunities, mentorship and support. Sam holds a JD degree and a BA from the [...] Sam is the Chairman of Equity Group Investments, the private investment firm he founded more than 45 years ago. He also chairs five companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange: Equity Residential, the largest apartment REIT in the country; Equity LifeStyle Properties, a manufactured home community and resort REIT; Equity Commonwealth, an office REIT; Covanta Holding Corporation, an international owner/operator of energy-from-waste and power generation facilities; and Anixter International Inc., a leading global provider of communications, security, and wire and cable products.

• Sam Zell | Biography, Companies, & Facts | Britannica Money

  D Dipasupil/Getty Images byname of: : Samuel Zell Zell originally: : Zielonka born: : September 28, 1941, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. died: : May 18, 2023 (aged 81) Sam Zell (born September 28, 1941, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died May 18, 2023) was an American commercial real-estate entrepreneur. [...] Zell was the son of Polish émigrés who had circled more than half the globe before settling in the American Midwest, where Zell’s father entered the wholesale jewelry business and invested in Chicago-area real estate. While studying at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (B.A., 1963; J.D., 1966), Zell began purchasing and leasing properties to other college students. He met Robert Lurie, an engineering student who became Zell’s business partner, an association that lasted until Lurie’s death in 1990. While Zell worked (1966–68) as an attorney in Ann Arbor, the two friends managed apartment buildings in southeastern Michigan. In 1968 Zell returned to Chicago, and within two years Lurie followed him there. [...] In 1968 Zell founded the predecessor of Equity Group Investments (EGI). It and its partners amassed the country’s largest collection of U.S. office space mostly by identifying opportunities that other investors had overlooked. Although Zell’s investments also included railroad rolling stock, radio stations, trailer parks, insurance companies, and a minority stake in the Chicago White Sox baseball team, his fortune grew primarily through investments in commercial real estate. He established the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Ross Business School in 1999, in memory of his longtime partner.

• Sam Zell

  Sam Zell was the forefather of the modern real estate investment trust, or REIT. He died in May 2023 at age 81. The son of Polish refugees, Zell's family escaped by train hours before Hitler's army bombed the tracks that ran through their town. They reached the U.S. by way of Japan in 1941. While studying at the University of Michigan, Zell managed a 15-unit student apartment building in exchange for a free room. His enterprise was netting $150,000 by graduation. He launched Equity Group Investments in 1968, then expanded his real estate empire nationwide over the following decades. His $39 billion sale of office REIT Equity Office to Blackstone just before the market crashed in 2007 was among the largest real estate deals ever.

• Sam Zell, Architect of Modern REIT Era and Former Nareit Chair, Dies at 81 | Nareit

  ## Breadcrumb Sam Zell Real estate pioneer Sam Zell, considered one of the founders of the modern REIT era, died May 18, 2023, at age 81. His passing was announced by Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) and Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc . (NYSE: ELS), two REITs he founded and served as chairman, and Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC), where he was chairman. Zell was also Nareit’s chair in 1999 and 2000 and was a past recipient of Nareit’s Industry Leadership Award. He was a highly vocal and active champion of the listed REIT approach to real estate investment, and the transparency, predictability, and accountability that REITs bring to the industry. [...] Zell was also an active philanthropist with a focus on entrepreneurial education. He established several leading entrepreneurship programs including the Zell Lurie Institute at the University of Michigan; the Zell Fellows Program for entrepreneurship at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management; the Samuel Zell & Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School; and the Zell Entrepreneurship Program at Reichman University (formerly IDC Herzliya), a private higher education institution in Israel. [...] Marguerite Nader, president and CEO of Equity LifeStyle Properties, said Zell established “an entrepreneurial culture focused on excellence, value creation, skilled and empowered teams and, most importantly, doing the right thing. He was a visionary who trusted his own sensibilities.” Sam Zell. Zell also founded Equity Office Properties Trust, which was the first REIT in the S&P 500 and the largest office building owner in the country when it was sold to Blackstone Group in 1997 for $39 billion. In addition to his achievements in real estate, Zell also invested in and grew businesses in multiple industries including manufacturing, retail, travel, health care, and energy.

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• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  University of Michigan

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  businessperson

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  9/27/1941

• Date Of Death

  5/18/2023

• Place Of Birth

  Chicago