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William
Pate
Director
Tribune Company
William Pate is chief investment officer for Equity Group
Investments, LLC, a privately held investment firm controlled
by Sam Zell. He has served in various capacities for EGI
since 1994, and in his present position since 2000.
Pate and his colleagues are responsible
for EGI’s
non-real estate investment portfolio. He presently serves
as a director for both Covanta Holding Corporation, the largest
waste-to-energy service provider in the United States, and
Hanover Compressor Company, a global oilfield services provider.
Pate has previously served on the board of directors of
Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, CNA Surety, American Commercial
Lines, Inc. and several private companies associated with
EGI. He began his professional career at The First Boston
Corporation as a financial analyst in the firm’s merger
and acquisition group. Subsequently, he was employed as an
associate at The Blackstone Group.
Pate is a 1986 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College
and a 1993 honors graduate of the University of Chicago Law
School. He was admitted to practice law in the State of New
York in 1993 and is a member of the Visiting Committee for
the Divinity School at the University of Chicago.
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