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Sam Zell founded Equity Office Properties, now the largest owner of office buildings in the US, in 1976. At press time, EOP had received a $39 billion takeover offer from The Blackstone Group in what would be the largest private equity acquisition ever. Blackstone was founded by…
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Peter Peterson and Steve Schwarzman in 1985. Peterson and Schwarzman worked together at Lehman Brothers, where Peterson (at left) had served as chairman. Prior to joining the investment bank, Peterson had been the Secretary of Commerce during the administration of…
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Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, who resigned in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal. In addition to Peterson, another member of the Nixon White House was…
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Pat Buchanan, who served as a speechwriter and senior advisor for the president. Buchanan later became a presidential candidate himself before turning to television punditry. A frequent guest on The McLaughlin Group, Buchanan also hosted his own show, Buchanan and Press, on MSNBC, the cable network channel that is also home to…
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Chris Matthews, another former White House aide turned political pundit, and his political talk show Harball with Chris Matthews. During the 2004 Republican Convention, Matthews has a testy exchange with…
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Zell Miller, a former Democratic senator from Georgia who controversially supported Republican George Bush in his presidential re-election campaign against John Kerry. At one point during the infamous interview, Miller challenged Matthews to a duel.
Miller's namesake Sam Zell doesn't challenge people to duels—he lets Blackstone and Vornado duel it out themselves.
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