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		Samuel Zell, 62, has been a Director since 1984 and became Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1985.
		Zell is Chairman of Manufactured Home Communities, Inc., Rewards Network, Inc., and Capital Trust, Inc.; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Danielson Holding Corporation and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Equity Residential Properties Trust and Equity Office Properties Trust.
		Zell's early years could be traced from his student apartment rental days with Robert Lurie (deceased), Zell's longtime partner and friend.
	www.lycos.com /info/samuel-zell.html (484 words)

	Zell: Outsourcing is way of the world - The Boston Globe
		Samuel Zell, chairman of the nation's largest real estate investment trust and known for his sometimes contrarian views, said yesterday that sending jobs overseas not only isn't a bad thing, it's the way Americans will protect their own leading position in the world's economy.
		Zell, a 62-year-old, world-traveling, motorcycle-riding business leader, told a standing-room-only crowd at the Boston Harbor Hotel that the global economy is "not the latest flavor" but rather a reality.
		Zell said the consumer price index, which "gives comfort" that inflation is not a problem, is too heavily affected by rents, which have been soft for the last couple of years.
	www.boston.com /business/globe/articles/2004/02/27/zell_outsourcing_is_way_of_the_world (649 words)

	SEC Info - Zell Samuel - 4 - Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc - For 12/31/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Zell is the trustee of such trust but he disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by such trust.
		Samuel Zell's spouse, Helen Zell, is the trustee of the HZRT.
		Samuel Zell disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported as beneficially owned by him except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
	www.secinfo.com /dRaDm.231.htm (941 words)

	Sam Zell's brave new world of REITs and real estate - MIT News Office
		Zell, whose personal fortune has been estimated at over $1 billion, is known for his vigorously entrepreneurial approach to business and to life.
		Zell's other major innovation has been to concentrate on properties that are currently unmarketable but have significant appreciation potential.
		Zell's one day visit to MIT will include his speech in the Wong Auditorium, meetings with faculty and students at the Center for Real Estate and the Sloan School, and meetings with members of the $50K business plan competition team.
	web.mit.edu /newsoffice/1999/zell.html (548 words)

	How to invest like a billionaire
		Zell made his first appearance on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans in 1986, with a net worth of $200 million.
		Zell says with the cost of steel rising, the company's existing fleet now is worth more.
		Zell says the most interesting international opportunity for US investors is Brazil, comparing the country today to Mexico in 1996 when the country began fixing its finances.
	www.rediff.com /money/2006/nov/16rich.htm?q=tp (695 words)

	Equity Residential -- Company History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Zell serves as chairman of the board, but day-to-day responsibilities are handled by CEO Douglas Crocker II, who in late 2001 announced his intention to step down as soon as a suitable replacement could be found.
		Samuel Zell was the only son of a Polish Jewish couple who fled their native country only hours before it was invaded by German forces in 1939, the final step in the buildup to World War II.
		Zell was able to scrape by during the recession of the early 1990s but his deal-making activity was curtailed.
	www.fundinguniverse.com /company-histories/Equity-Residential-Company-History.html (2633 words)

	Chicago Cubune Watch: White Sox Partner Expresses Interest in Tribune
		It would be particularly nice to see Zell leverage his interest to bust apart the media monopoly, sell off the television and radio stations, split off the Cubs, and re-dedicate the Chicago Tribune to clean journalism.
		At 65, Chicagoan Samuel Zell is still apt to arrive at a cocktail party by motorcycle and walk in wearing bluejeans and a Chicago Bears jersey.
		One Zell acquaintance joked that there would be a conflict of interest if he got involved with Tribune because he also holds a minority stake in the Cubs' cross-town rival, the Chicago White Sox.
	www.cubune.com /2007/02/white-sox-partner-expresses-interest-in.html (689 words)

	Connors Communications - Entrepalooza 2003
		Samuel Zell, AB '63, JD '66, chairman of Equity Group Investments, and Rick Snyder, MBA '79, founder and CEO of Ardesta LLC, will be keynote speakers at this year's Entrepalooza.
		Zell, a takeover specialist who has amassed a billion dollar real estate fortune purchasing and then turning distressed companies into profit, will talk about the philosophy of entrepreneurship as he lives it.
		The Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies was formed in October 1999.
	www.connors.com /michigan/entrepalooza-2003.html (585 words)

	Law Blog - WSJ.com : Sam Zell Found Drafting Contracts "Deadly" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Zell, 65 years old, isn’t expected to remain an active part of the company.
		Zell earned $100,000 his first year out of law school — $93,000 in commissions and $7,000 in pay — more than any of the firm’s senior partners.
		According to Zell he suffered through his first week drafting a contract, then over the weekend took advantage of real estate contacts to cobble together an apartment project in Toledo, Ohio, which he presented to the firm’s partners on Monday morning.
	blogs.wsj.com /law/2006/11/20/sam-zell-once-drafted-contracts-and-he-thought-it-was-deadly (970 words)

	Sam Zell's 'real world' of real estate - News
		Zell's words reverberated with the charisma that great leaders strive for and proved why he is considered a man who shaped an industry.
		Zell is the billionaire founder of Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) and Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP), the largest apartment and office property REITs in the U.S..
		Zell's Angels, Zell has been a friend to The Wharton School for the greater part of the last two decades.
	media.www.whartonjournal.com /media/storage/paper201/news/2005/09/26/News/Sam-Zells.real.World.Of.Real.Estate-997456.shtml?sourcedomain=www.whartonjournal.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com (453 words)

	University of Pennsylvania : Research at Penn : Business :: In an Uncertain Economy, Real Estate Holds its Ground
		Real-estate entrepreneur Samuel Zell stunned a gathering of 300-plus developers, brokers and academics at Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Hotel recently when he told them how his company got a big check for - believe it or not - not constructing an office building.
		Zell added: "The spread between current rents and the cost of replacement that creates new competition will go back to what it was in 1993, when there was a big gap.
		Zell saw no scope for a "really fluid" or deep market developing in terrorism insurance in the absence of an actuarial model to predict such events.
	www.upenn.edu /researchatpenn/article.php?70&bus (1668 words)

	Summary: Guarantee Reimbursement & Consideration Agreement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Zell is a significant beneficial owner, indirectly, of the outstanding shares of common stock of AMCV.
		AMCV has requested Zell to, and Zell has agreed to, guarantee AMCV's obligation to reimburse Chase for any payments made by Chase under the Facility (the "Guarantee") specifically to enable AMCV to satisfy a material term and condition of the Vessel Purchase Agreement that it is currently unable to satisfy without the Guarantee.
		In the event that pursuant to the Guarantee, Zell is required to and does make any payments to Chase (individually a "Guarantee Payment" and, collectively, "Guarantee Payments"), then AMCV shall be required hereunder to reimburse Zell, in the manner hereinafter set forth, for any and all such Guarantee Payments.
	www.lawvantage.com /summaries/USA/BankingIndustry/PersonalGuaranty/SUM00091.shtml (407 words)

	Samuel Zell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A native Chicagoan, Samuel Zell is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School. Mr.
		Zell is also Chairman of Equity International Properties which invests in real estate-related companies outside of the United States.
		Zell is an avid skier, racquetball player and enjoys riding motorcycles. He is a frequent contributor of articles to various publications and is often heard as keynote speaker throughout the United States and Europe.
	www.equityinternational.com /eip2.aspx?pgID=878 (192 words)

	University of Michigan's Zell Lurie Institute Awards More Than ,000 to Dare to Dream Grant Program Recipients - Health ...
		ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business today announced the winners of the Fall 2006 Eugene Applebaum Dare to Dream Grant Program.
		Grant recipients were awarded both funding and resources (in the form of advice and counsel) totaling $42,500 based on business concepts and plans submitted to panels of judges, made up of faculty from the Ross School of Business and members of the entrepreneurial and venture capital communities from across the United States.
		The Institute's mission is to focus the capabilities and resources of the top-ranked Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan to provide education, and experience in entrepreneurship; serve as a catalyst for new venture development; and contribute research in the field of entrepreneurship.
	www.redorbit.com /news/health/704839/university_of_michigans_zell_lurie_institute_awards_more_than_40000/index.html?source=r_health (494 words)

	A taste for distressed assets - baltimoresun.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At 65, Chicagoan Samuel Zell is still apt to arrive at a cocktail party by motorcycle and walk in wearing blue jeans and a Chicago Bears jersey.
		Zell pulled off a signature "vulture-capital" deal in Los Angeles in 1991, spending $280 million for bankrupt Carter Hawley Hale, parent of Broadway department stores.
		According to the person who spoke Wednesday, Tribune intended to give Zell's proposal a full hearing, but there was trepidation about such a late bid because the process has dragged on since mid-September.
	www.baltimoresun.com /business/investing/bal-bz.zell09feb09,0,7513905.story?track=rss (968 words)

	Equity Res. extends Zell's contract \| Crain's Chicago Business
		Real estate mogul Samuel Zell stands to receive a grant of $3.25 million per year in 2005 and 2006 for serving as chairman of Equity Residential, the Chicago real estate investment trust reveals in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
		Zell’s existing compensation agreement, which dates back to October 2001, on the same terms and conditions for a two-year period.
		Zell is responsible for his own expenses and is paid the $3.25 million grant in options and restricted shares.
	www.chicagobusiness.com /cgi-bin/news.pl?id=15457 (194 words)

	Ann Arbor Angels : Biographical Sketch
		Professor Kinnear is the Executive Director of the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies.
		The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies was established at the University of Michigan Business School with an endowment of $10 million from Samuel Zell and Ann Lurie (link to Founders & Sponsors page), on behalf of her late husband Robert H. Lurie, in 1999.
		It is the mission of ZLI to focus the capabilities and resources of the University of Michigan Business School to provide education, experience and opportunities in entrepreneurship; to serve as a catalyst for new venture development; and to contribute important research in the field of entrepreneurship.
	www.annarborangels.org /bio.asp?bio=tkinnear (545 words)

	AHI: United States: Press de-REIT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Zell's apartment sibling to Equity Office) used their higher multiples to absorb private owners and smaller, stodgier REITs, in the process becoming the nation's largest owners and managers of rental apartments.
		Zell pointed out that Equity Office Properties had no barriers such as a shareholder rights plan -- or so-called poison pill -- to prevent it from being sold, and that he would consider any offer at any time.
		Zell isn't expected to remain an active part of the company, people familiar with the matter said.
	www.affordablehousinginstitute.org /blogs/us/2006/12/press_dereit.html (1417 words)

	Capital Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Samuel Zell is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Capital Trust.
		Zell is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School.
		Zell began his career in real estate while an undergraduate at the University by managing apartment buildings throughout Southeast Michigan.
	www.capitaltrust.com /about/pop1.html (90 words)

	University of Illinois College of Law - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Zell is a frequent lecturer and speaker on business and the economy throughout the United States and Europe and ranks 112th on this year’s Forbes 400, which estimates his net worth at $ 2.3 billion.
		Zell attended the University of Michigan for his undergraduate and law degrees and began his career in real estate while an undergraduate at the university with his lifelong friend and business partner, the late Robert H. Lurie, by managing apartment buildings throughout southeast Michigan.
		Zell’s connection to the University of Illinois and the College of Law is legendary alumnus and Professor John E. Cribbet, who as a visiting professor at Michigan law school, taught property law to Zell.
	www.law.uiuc.edu /news/article.asp?id=798 (717 words)

	FOXNews.com - Transcript: Housing Bubble? - Neil Cavuto \| Your World
		ZELL: But the more you guys talk about it, the more likely it is that you are going to create the bubble.
		ZELL: I think the biggest problem is that everybody is having an awful lot of trouble believing that the American consumer is smart enough to buy real estate at a time when the CPI is unrealistically reporting the level of inflation.
		ZELL: I mean, if I were Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, I might in fact be thinking along those lines and would be, you know, as a safety measure, to in effect to...
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,157763,00.html (1414 words)

	About Us
		The University of Michigan Business School's Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, the world's leading university-based center for entrepreneurial studies, recently chose FitzGerald as its public relations agency of record.
		The globally recognized Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies provides the curriculum, many initiatives, community involvement, and alumni outreach activities that deliver exclusive resources for future entrepreneurs of the University of Michigan Business School.
		The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies was formed in October 1999.
	www.fitzgerald.com /news/main.pr09072004.html (604 words)

	Globeinvestor.com: University of Michigan's Zell Lurie Institute Launches Program for Research Commercialization
		With over $750M in total research dollars, the top-ranked University of Michigan research is the starting point for the PRCP program, and the Zell Lurie Institute is planning to roll it out to a larger audience of other universities, research centers and private companies in the coming months.
		Zell Lurie Institute MBA students are placed on the front lines of real, tangible research, exploring emerging technologies, identifying customer needs and assessing business models for commercialization potential.
		Members of the Institute's Advisory Board include Samuel Zell, Chairman of Equity Group Investments; Michael Hallman, former COO of Microsoft Corporation; and Eugene Applebaum, Founder of Arbor Drugs Inc. For more information, visit the Institute online at http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu.
	www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/ArticleNews/print/PRNEWS/20041129/2004_11_29_10_3726_1267295 (722 words)

	SAMUEL ZELL, Chairman, Equity Residential Trust
		Under the leadership of Samuel Zell, Equity Office Properties Trust and Equity Residential became the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to be listed on the SandP 500 (in fall 2001).
		Zell exerts his influence in real estate today as chairman of the board for a number of publicly traded companies in addition to Equity Residential: Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc., a REIT that owns and operates manufactured home communities in 26 states; Equity Office Properties Trust; and Capital Trust, a specialized real estate finance company.
		In particular, the apartment market is expected to reap the benefits as the condo and single-family markets continue their corrections.
	www.multi-housingnews.com /multihousing/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003348199 (680 words)

	UCSD Social Sciences
		Century at the April 7 breakfast meeting of the UCSD Economics Roundtable in the Faculty Club at the University of California, San Diego.
		He also is chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and a generous supporter of his alma mater, the University of Michigan where he established the Zell/Lurie Entrepreneurial Award Program, an innovative attempt to fund entrepreneurial awareness.
		Though Zell’s first love is real estate, his empire includes Jacor (the radio company), Chart House restaurants, telecom, and cruise ships.
	ucsdnews.ucsd.edu /newsrel/soc/jzell.htm (370 words)

	Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at Wharton : About the Center
		The Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center was so named in recognition of its permanent endowment by Samuel Zell in 1998.
		The Center was established in 1983 by The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to foster excellence in real estate education and research.
		One highly successful example of this interaction is the Ballard Executive Visitor series, named in honor of Claude Ballard, a Center member and former partner at Goldman, Sachs, who established the Center's very first endowment.
	realestate.wharton.upenn.edu /about.php (459 words)

	Zell's world: A tycoon talks
		Zell is more likely to wear a starched Sylvester-the-Cat shirt to his office on the Chicago River than worsted wool.
		Zell's net worth is estimated at $1.8 billion.
		Zell in his sixth-floor suite of offices off the Loop in downtown Chicago.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/1999/10/10/fin_zells_world_a_tycoon.html (1735 words)

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