# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-zell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:20:24.881Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-zell"
name: "Sam Zell"
slug: "sam-zell"
description: "Samuel Zell was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist primarily engaged in real estate investment. Companies founded by or controlled by Zell include Equity Residential, Equity International, EQ Office, Covanta, Tribune Media, and Anixter."
tagline: "American billionaire investor (1941–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zell_face_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1941-09-27"
deathDate: "2023-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.044218666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://egizell.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Zell"
    title: "Sam Zell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سام زيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سام زيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Zell"
    title: "Sam Zell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Zell"
    title: "Sam Zell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B2%D9%84"
    title: "سام زل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Zell"
    title: "Sam Zell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9D_%D7%96%D7%9C"
    title: "סם זל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Zell"
    title: "Sam Zell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363124"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump