About John Pritzker
John Ptirzker, who is born in 1953, is a billionaire from the distinguished family of Pritzkers, Chicago, America. He echelons at 235th on the Forbes 400 list of ‘the 400 Richest Americans 2009’. His estimated wealth is $1.7 billion and being sourced from hotels, investment, and inheritance of family opulence.
John Pritzker Family and Fortune
John Pritzker’s father, Jay Pritzker, co-founded the industrial conglomeration – the Marmon Group aznd Global Hyatt, which is a hotel chain. The Superior Bank of Chicago. The TransUnion Credit Bureau, and the Royal Caribbean Cruise lines are his family’s other business interests. His brother, Daniel Pritzker, is a guitarist and songwriter for the band Sonia Dada and her sister, Jean Prtizker, is a film maker. Currently, John Pritzker lives in his hometown, San Francisco, California, with his three children.
Pritzker’s Education and Business
John Pritzker had his education from the Menio College, California, with a Bachelor degree in Science. He started his career at his family chain of hotels – Hyatt Hotel Corporation in 1977. He became Managing Director and Divisional Vice President of Hyatt Hotel and Resorts in 1984. He later became the President of Hyatt Ventures.
Further, John Pritzker rendered his services as Chairman and CEO of many a business house in hospitality industry inclusive of Red Sail Sports, Mandara Spa, LLC, and the Odyssey Club. He is also a member on the board of UCSF Foundation (University of California, San Francisco). The university is dedicated to defining healthcare worldwide by advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions and exemplary services in patient care. He also associated with Bernard Osher Foundation and served as the past incumbent of the Jewish Community Federation, San Francisco.
John Pritzker’s Geolo Capital
John Pritzker is a founding partner and Director of Geolo Capital, an investment firm that provides high growth, customer-focused, business investments in travel and leisure, hospitality and live entertainment. The firm has acquired the 400-acre Carmel Valley Farm in picturesque Carmet of California, from the Blackstone Group for $20 million.
Pritzkers’ Philanthropy
The Pritzkers have been in high esteem for their services to the American society. They have invariably been supported for the betterment of the society by constituting several financial assistances for the downtrodden and the underprivileged sections. Also, they are patrons for the growth of modern architecture in America.
Ptrizkers’ contributions to American society include:
- Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago
- Pritzker Architecture Prize
- Pritzker Military Library
- Pritzker Legar 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 Family Children’s School at the Lincoln Park Zoo
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