In Memoriam
Sam Zell has died at age 81, according to Equity Residential, the apartment company he founded and chaired.
Private equity pioneer Thomas H. Lee has died at age 78.
John C. "Jay" Wilkins Jr., president of private equity investment firm Harvest Partners, died Feb. 4.
Barry B. Burr, longtime reporter and editorial page editor at Pensions & Investments, died at age 70 after a long battle with cancer.
Spiros ‘Sig' Segalas, co-founder and longtime large-cap growth equity portfolio manager at Jennison Associates, has died at the age of 89.
Scott Minerd, managing partner and global chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners, died of a heart attack. He was 63.
Stephen Straus, a financial adviser with Stifel Financial Corp., was killed in the mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill.
Jean-Rene Giraud, founding CEO of Trackinsight, a global ETF analysis platform, died of a heart attack June 16.
Fayez Sarofim, the Egyptian-born Texas money manager known for his discerning taste in stocks and fine art, died at age 93.
Karen Ferguson, president and founder of the Pension Rights Center, died Dec. 23 at age 80.
