An interview and Q&A with billionaire real estate and private equity investor, Sam Zell. In this interview Sam discusses his early life and his career in investing and entrepreneurship. Sam also talks about newspapers and his contrarian mindset. ? Sam Zell’s new book and books on Sam Zell are located at the bottom of the description?
Sam Zell: Becoming a Billionaire in Real Estate:http://bit.ly/SZVid1
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson: King of Casinos: http://bit.ly/SAVidIA
Video Segments:
0:00 Introduction
2:45 What did you learn from your dad?
5:24 Born old?
7:40 First businesses
10:26 Confident from an early age?
11:38 Where has it not worked out?
13:42 Where and why are you going global?
17:26 How do you manage such a big enterprise?
18:55 Holiday gift
24:56 Predicting the tech bubble in 1999
26:33 Investing in major technology companies
27:25 Grave Dancer
29:43 What do you think of the current climate?
31:53 Are you investing in real estate in the US?
32:30 Do you have an emotional attachment to Los Angeles?
33:57 What were you thinking when you bought the Tribune newspaper?
36:46 Where are the opportunities?
38:37 Has advertising shifted to online?
39:50 Is there a role a paper should play in a city?
41:06 How do you gain information about the world?
42:08 Are you concerned about the information habits of the current generation?
43:34 Synergies between broadcast and print?
44:42 Thoughts on Google?
46:50 LA Times goes against your view
48:55 Is a asset, a asset to be sold?
50:13 Is everything available for the right bidder?
52:13 Start of Q&A
52:40 Do you have a desire to make the newspapers more positive?
54:28 Plans for the future of the main section of the paper?
57:21 What should be done in the interim to calm the financial markets?
01:04:10 What website do you look at everyday & If you were in your 20’s now, what would you be doing?
1:05:44 What films matter to you?
1:07:08 Media and mobile?
1:08:40 Dubai real estate market?
1:11:06 Are your children involved in your businesses, are you concerned about estate tax?
1:13:01 Comments on China?
1:15:05 Will there be any pressure in the editorial page because of your views?
1:16:40 Will we ever see a Zell foundation?
1:18:10 Have you decided who you are going to vote for?
Sam Zell Books ??? (affiliate link)
Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel: http://bit.ly/AIBTSZell
Money Talks, Bullsh*t Walks: Inside the Contrarian Mind of Billionaire Mogul Sam Zell: http://bit.ly/MTBWZell
Interview Date: 21st February, 2008
Event: UCLA Anderson School of Management
Original Image Source:http://bit.ly/Samzellpic
