Pritzker family


Pritzker family Biography

The Pritzker family is one of the wealthiest families in the United States, being near the top of Forbes magazine's "America's Richest Families" list since the magazine began it in 1982.

The family is most famous for owning the Hyatt hotel chain, and the Marmon Group, conglomerate of manufacturing and industrial service companies. Other holdings have included the Superior Bank of Chicago, the TransUnion credit bureau and the Royal Caribbean cruise line.

Members

  • Jacob Pritzker (1831"1896)
    • Nicholas Pritzker (1871"1956), Jewish immigrant from Ukraine, founder of Pritzker & Pritzker law firm
      • Harry Nicholas Pritzker (1893"1957), lawyer, Pritzker and Pritzker law firm
        • m. Elna Stone
        • 2 children
          • Richard S. Pritzker (born 1944)
            • m. Lori Hart
          • Joanne Pritzker (1946"1955)
      • Abram Nicholas "A.N." Pritzker (1896"1986), patriarch of family business enterprise
        • m. Fanny Doppelt
        • 3 children
          • Jay Pritzker (1922"99), co-founder of Hyatt & philanthropist
            • m. Marian "Cindy" Friend
            • 5 children
              • Nancy Pritzker (1948"72)
              • Thomas Pritzker (born 1951), chief executive of The Pritzker Organization
                • m. Margot Marshall
                • 3 children
              • John Pritzker (born 1953)
                • m. Lisa Stone
                • 3 children
              • Daniel Pritzker (born 1959), founder, guitarist and songwriter for the band Sonia Dada
                • m. Karen Edensworth
                • 5 children
              • Jean (Gigi) Pritzker Pucker (born 1962), filmmaker
                • m. Michael Pucker
                • 6 children
                • Abby, Conan, Maggie, Elizabeth, Aaron, and Jessy
          • Robert Pritzker (1926"2011) Founder of Marmon and Philanthropist; gave $60 million to the Illinois Institute of Technology
            • m. Audrey Gilbert
            • 3 children
              • Jennifer N. Pritzker (born James, 1950), Colonel (RET), Illinois Army National Guard, founder of the Pritzker Military Library
                • 3 children
              • Linda Pritzker (born 1953), psychoanalyst, political activist
                • 3 children
              • Karen Pritzker (born 1958)
                • m. Michael Vlock
                • 4 children
            • m. Irene Dryburgh
            • 2 children
              • Matthew Pritzker (born 1982)
              • Liesel Matthews (born 1984), the stage name of actress Liesel Pritzker
                • m. Ian Simmons
            • m. Mayari Sargent
            • no children
          • Donald Pritzker (1932"72), co-founder and President of Hyatt
            • m. Sue Sandel
            • 3 children
              • Penny Pritzker (born 1959), 38th United States Secretary of Commerce, chairman and CEO of PSP Capital Partners and Artemis Real Estate Partners, 2012 national co-chair of Obama for America, Stanford University trustee and member of Chicago Board of Education
                • m. Bryan Traubert
                • 2 children
              • Anthony Pritzker (born 1961)
                • m. Jeanne Kriser
                • 6 children
              • Jay Robert Pritzker, most commonly known as J.B. Pritzker, (born 1965), founder of New World Ventures and The Pritzker Group; national co-chairman of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008.
                • m. M.K. Muenster
                • 2 children
        • Jack Nicholas Pritzker (1904"79), real estate developer and lawyer
          • m. Rhoda Goldberg (1914"2007)
          • 1 child
            • Nicholas J. Pritzker (born 1944), Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Hyatt Development Corporation
              • 4 children

Family fortune

Members of the Pritkzer family on the Forbes 400 list of "The 400 Richest Americans 2011":

Rank Name Net Worth
159 Anthony Pritzker $2.5 billion
159 J.B. Pritzker $2.5 billion
227 John Pritzker $1.9 billion
242 Thomas Pritzker $1.8 billion
263 Penny Pritzker $1.7 billion
273 Daniel Pritzker $1.6 billion
273 Jennifer Pritzker $1.6 billion
273 Jean (Gigi) Pritzker $1.6 billion
273 Karen Pritzker $1.6 billion
273 Linda Pritzker $1.6 billion
359 Nicholas J. Pritzker $1.2 billion
Total $19.6 billion

Legacy

  • Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago
  • Pritzker Architecture Prize
  • Pritzker Military Library
  • Pritzker Legal Research Center at Northwestern University School of Law
  • Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Chicago's Millennium Park
  • A.N. Pritzker Elementary School
  • Pritzker College Prep, A Campus of the Noble Network of Charter High Schools
  • Pritzker Family Children's Zoo at the Lincoln Park Zoo
  • Jay Pritzker Academy, Siem Riep Cambodia
  • Pritzker Marine Biological Research Center at New College of Florida
  • Pritzker Galleries of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago



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