Rank #991
J.B. Pritzker
Net worth $4.3B
Hotels, investments · United States
- Born
- Jan 19, 1965
- Age
- 61
- Source
- Hotels, investments
- Residence
- Springfield, Illinois
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Duke University; Doctor of Jurisprudence, Northwestern University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Jay Robert "J.B." Pritzker is the governor of Illinois; he unseated Republican incumbent Bruce Rauner as a Democratic candidate in 2018.
- An heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, Pritzker ran private equity firm Pritzker Group with his brother Anthony until March 2017.
- His charitable foundation supports nonprofits primarily in Chicago, including the Ounce of Prevention Fund, which provides early-childhood education.
- His uncle Jay Pritzker (d. 1999) founded Hyatt Hotels and his father Donald (d. 1972) managed and developed the chain.
- His sister Penny Pritzker, also a billionaire, served as U.S. commerce secretary under Barack Obama from 2013 to early 2017.
- Pritzker is one of the richest politicians in office in the U.S.
- He is one of 13 billionaires in the Pritzker family.