UNAUTHORIZED

Speaking of Sam Zell, our Dallas reporter met with author Ben Johnson, who wrote an unauthorized biography, Money Talks, Bullsh*t Walks, on one of history’s greatest contrarian investors. He says Sam is full of colorful quotes (of which there were plenty at the ULI event). Bisnow snapped Ben with his book at a Plano bookstore. Released last week, it recounts Sam's life as an entrepreneur, illustrating how he built his $5B real estate empire and then became one of the most hated men in the media after the acquisition and subsequent bankruptcy of Tribune Co.

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