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Sam Zell

@samzell

American billionaire investor (1941–2023)

Building EQ Office as Founder · United States

Key facts

Lived
1941–2023
Educated at
University of Michigan · University of Michigan Law School

About

Sam Zell (1941–2023) was a publisher and entrepreneur. They were born in Chicago. They studied at University of Michigan.

In context

EQ Office was founded in 1976 and has no closure on record. Among the 274 other business companies founded in the 1970s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 23 years.

Contribution

Sam's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.

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