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Simon, who earned his bachelor's degree from IU and an MBA from Columbia University, joined his father, Mel, and Uncle Herb at Melvin Simon & Associates Inc. in 1990 after a five-year stint on Wall Street, including three years at the aggressive investment bank Wasserstein Perella & Co. The family business was in bad shape, generating less than one-tenth of the revenue it rakes in today. David Simon Age: 48 Title: chairman and CEO, Simon Property Group Inc. Experience: various positions at Simon since 1990; previously worked for Wasserstein Perella & Co. and First Boston Corp. in New York Education: bachelor's degree at Indiana University, MBA at Columbia University Recognition: named as a Top 100 Best-Performing CEO Worldwide by Harvard Business Review in January Personal: married to Jacqueline, five children Source: IBJ research
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Deal Maestro Warming Up
Simon Property Group CEO David E. Simon has been making his case for acquiring rival General Growth Properties in a series of letters.
The notes to General Growth CEO Adam Metz are cordial, ending in "Very truly yours." But they also show the confidence and bite familiar to anyone who has sat across the table from Simon.In one, he describes his own company as "a fortress of stability" while blasting Chicago-based General Growth for its "past history of risky financial choices" and current "la...See the full content of this document
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