Pritzker family (2024)

About Pritzker family

  • The Pritzkers, a powerful Chicago family, spent the 2000s feuding over trusts and eventually divvied up the family fortune that includes Hyatt hotels.
  • With his sons, A.N. Pritzker (d. 1986) created Hyatt and invested in industrial conglomerate Marmon Group, now owned by Berkshire Hathaway.
  • Thomas Priztker serves as chairman of Hyatt; his son, Jason Pritzker, also sits on the company's board.
  • J.B. Pritzker became governor of Illinois in 2019; his sister Penny Pritzker was Secretary of Commerce in the Obama Administration.
  • Liesel Pritzker Simmons, who sued her father and the Pritzker family in 2002 (the family settled), has made a name as an impact investor.

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Personal Stats

Fortune Founded
1936
Source of Wealth
hotels, investments
Company Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Claremont McKenna College; Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago

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