By Janon Fisher 1/17/12 3:30pm

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Simon Ziff. (Illustration by Joao Maio Pinto)

Simon Ziff: Louis Smadbeck Broker Recognition Award Recipient

Simon Ziff is a classic example of the small-town boy done good in the big city.

Born in Philipsburgh, Pa., near Penn State University, the Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group president grew up around his grandfather’s clothing store. He studied finance at State College and everyone figured he’d stay in the area because everyone else did. Mr. Ziff, however, had bigger plans.

“Real estate was a way to get to either of the big cities—Pittsburgh and Philadelphia,” he said. Read More

By Ian Blecher 7/29/02 12:00am

Battered Loaner Blames The Times for its Collapse

Business reporters often get their best information on companies from short-sellers, the investors looking to make money on a stock’s decline. Unlike most analysts,who have to maintain a relationship with the companies they cover, short-sellers have no such attachments. They hunt for a stock’s weaknesses-and they put their money behind their views.

But executives at Read More