Sam Zell
Sam Zell
Samuel "Sam" Zell is an American business magnate. He is chairman of Equity Group Investments, the private investment firm he founded in the 1960s. The majority of his investment portfolio ranges across industries such as energy, logistics, communications and transportation, but he is often noted for a pioneering role in creating the modern commercial real estate industry. EGI’s holdings also include fixed-income investments in public and private companies...
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That's why we're seeing a lot of going-private transactions.
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There will be a softer real estate market in some areas as a result, but I keep telling people there is no bubble.
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We made fortunes off of leverage (before going public), and you're not going to make fortunes in the public market off of leverage.
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The reality is that I need to be challenged and interested, as long as the risk and reward is in line.
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In my case, if one out of five opportunities is interesting enough to work on, maybe one in five of those ends up being worth doing. That might be a function of risk. That might be a function of price. There are all the variables. But you have to be constantly sorting and choosing and prioritizing.
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Everyone likes pussy. It's un-American not to like pussy.