He was commissioned by a group of Chicago investors in 1879 to create the Gettysburg cyclorama.

The brash Chicago investor made a fortune by turning companies around.

During the 1980's Itel became a debt-laden, diverse industrial holding company for the Chicago investor Sam Zell.

Samuel Zell, the brash Chicago investor who has made a fortune by turning around down-on-their-luck companies and properties, is dredging the bottom again.

Companies Unions at Eastern said they were willing to raise their financial commitment to a buyout plan they are pursuing with a Chicago investor.

Without the Hickses' 10 percent cut, Ms. Byrne and her Chicago investor will reap millions in additional profits.

CCLF was founded in 1991 by a small group of Chicago investors, with an initial investment of $200,000.

Sam Zell, the Chicago investor, is pursuing an unusual plan to take control of the company by buying its debt.

The other person involved was an unnamed Chicago investor.

A $1 billion fund raised by two Chicago investors is a sign of how finance in the 1990's will differ from that of the 1980's.