David Simon, Shopping Mall King, Dies at 64 After Cancer Fight

David Simon, the chairman and chief executive officer of US shopping mall heavyweight Simon Property Group, died of cancer. He was 64.

Simon joined family-owned Melvin Simon & Associates as chief financial officer in 1990 and steered the firm through a public listing three years later, according to a company statement. He took over as CEO in 1995 at 33.

David Simon

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Since then, Simon has amassed an empire of 250 properties across North America, Europe and Asia, including top-tier malls such as King of Prussia in Pennsylvania, Roosevelt Field in New York, Sawgrass Mills in Florida and ...