Sam Zell & Judy Olian, Hammer Conversations

2/21/08 -- Judy D. Olian, Ph.D., is the dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management. Olian serves as chairman of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the premier business accrediting and management leadership organization in the world. For his reputation of buying distressed assets at a discount, Chicago real-estate billionaire Sam Zell has nicknamed himself the Grave Dancers. His latest acquisition is the Tribune Company, the troubled media conglomerate and publisher of the Los Angeles Times.

Hammer Conversations is an ongoing series that pair thinkers from a range of disciplines for engaging provacative discussions on culture, science, and the arts.

Learn more about the Hammer Museum at UCLA and Hammer Conversations at www.hammer.ucla.edu.

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[kschoeck]

45:00 strange story...

[kschoeck]

@saltlakeracer that's the dean of ucla's b-school... judy olian.

[SebHaigh]

This is a long piece by YouTube standard: an hour and a quarter

There is a cool Sam Zell music promo at about 22 mins.

If you are interested in money and investing, this is some great brain food.

[saltlakeracer]

interesting guy, but whats with the woman coughing all the way through, its so irritating. couldnt they find anyone else !! really ruined a interesting interview, this fcking coughing.

[patnais102]

Such a funny thing to watch how this guy was wrong about the recession(from his perspective we are probably not in recession right now).Buying a playboy 50¢ and selling it 3$ to his ''friends'' with friend like this you don't need enemy what a crook.On the other hand his childhood story tells a lot about the jewish value , their early hebrew school is such a huge advantage compared to others. In a world where education is the key to success no doubt a good part of the elite are jew