Sam Zell – A Tribute to a Legend (REPLAY – EP.253)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Ted Seides – Allocator and Asset Management Expert

Investing, Capitalallocation, Business

4.8 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Last Thursday, we lost Sam Zell, one of the true investment greats and one of the most popular past guests on the show. As a small tribute to the great man and investor, we are replaying my conversation with Sam from last year.
Please enjoy the incredible and entertaining story of Sam Zell, the true contrarian whose common sense generated uncommonly exceptional returns – in dollars and in a life well lived.

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0:00.0	Last Thursday, we lost Sam Zell, one of the true investment greats and one of the most popular past guests on the show.
0:09.5	As a small tribute to the great man and investor, we're replaying my conversation with Sam.
0:15.9	Please enjoy the incredible and entertaining story of Sam Zell, a true contrarian whose common sense generated
0:23.2	uncommonly exceptional returns in dollars and in a life well lived. Please enjoy my conversation
0:30.9	from last year with Sam Zell. Hello, I'm Ted Sides, and this is Capital Allocators.
0:44.9	This show is an open exploration of the people and process behind capital allocation.
0:51.0	Through conversations with leaders in the money game, we learn how these holders of the
0:55.9	keys to the kingdom allocate their time and their capital.
0:59.3	You can join our mailing list and access premium content at capital allocators.com.
1:07.2	My guest on today's show is legendary investor Sam Zell, the chairman of Equity Group
1:12.9	Investments, a private investment firm he founded more than 50 years ago.
1:18.0	Sam has a storied track record of turning around troubled companies and assets, leading industry
1:23.0	consolidations, and bringing companies to the public markets.
1:26.9	His current investments, Canvas Logistics, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Energy, and Energy, and bringing companies to the public markets. His current investments, Canvas
1:28.4	logistics, health care, manufacturing, energy, and real estate. Sam was recognized five years ago
1:34.9	by Forbes as one of the 100 greatest living business minds, and he's still going strong.
1:41.4	Our conversation covers Sam's childhood background, early entrepreneurial efforts, formation
1:46.6	of his investment strategy, and comfort being a contrarian. We then turned to Sam's thoughts
1:51.9	on team development, evaluating people, real estate, generational businesses, emerging markets,
1:58.0	and opportunities for the future. Please enjoy my conversation with Sam Zell.
2:05.1	Sam, thanks so much for doing this. My pleasure. I thought it would be fun to start with your
2:11.4	background, and we can go all the way back. I know your parents escape Poland at a key time,
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