Editorial: Sam Zell was a tough, astute businessman. But at the helm of Tribune Co., he was disastrous.
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Sam Zell's misadventures at Tribune Co. hardly were emblematic of one of the most financially successful careers in Chicago history.As his private investment company, Equity Investment Trusts, rightly noted in announcing Zell's death at age 81 on Thursday, Zell's "investments spanned industries across the globe," and he had a "critical role in creating the modern real estate investment trust (REIT), which today is a more than $4 trillion industry."
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