Sam Zell’s storied real estate career began while he was a student at the University of Michigan; he managed student housing and founded Equity Residential. By the time of his death on May 18 at 81, ...

10/8/2008 - Sounding a little like Thoreau as he addressed a few hundred students during an Oct. 6 visit to the Kellogg School, Tribune Co chairman and real estate billionaire Sam Zell laid out a ...

This is Kevin Roderick with LA Observed on KCRW. I finally got to meet LA's newest media mogul last night. Face to face. We even shook hands. Sam Zell-- the Chicago billionaire who likes to call ...