Founder & Chairman
Joined: 1999
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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, healthcare, and real estate. Sam founded and chairs Equity Group Investments and Equity International, serving on Equity International’s Investment Committee. He also chairs five public companies and is an active philanthropist with a focus on entrepreneurial education.
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