Samuel Zell: A life in and out of real estate

What's next in Sam Zell's sights

 What’s next in Sam Zell’s sights

Samuel Zell, 66, is a self-made billionaire, whose investments are spread across many industry sectors but whose name has been closely associated with real estate since the 1960s.

Zell was born in Chicago in 1939, his parents having fled Poland on the eve of the Second World War. He attended the University of Michigan where, as an undergraduate studying law, he began investing in apartments and real estate in Ann Arbor and across southeast Michigan.

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