Portrait of Jean (Gigi) Pritzker

Rank #685

Jean (Gigi) Pritzker

Net worth $6.1B

Hotels, investments · United States

Born
Jul 01, 1962
Age
63
Source
Hotels, investments
Residence
Los Angeles, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Stanford University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • One of 13 billionaire heirs to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, Jean "Gigi" Pritzker is a Los Angeles-based movie producer.
  • In 2015 she founded Madison Wells Media, a media and entertainment company that champions "badass women" and unknown stories.
  • Films she has produced include "Drive," "Rabbit Hole," "Ender's Game," and the Oscar-nominated "Hell or High Water" and Oscar-winning "The Eyes of Tammy Faye."
  • Through her Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation, she donates to the arts, education and community-oriented nonprofits.
  • She was an early investor in Beyond Meat and now owns less than 5% of the company.
  • The name of her company, Madison Wells Media, is named for her great-grandfather who sold newspapers at the corner of Madison Avenue and Wells Street in Chicago.
  • While she was a student at Stanford University, Pritzker spent a year abroad in Nepal, where she studied folktales among other things.

Financial assets

Exchange Ticker Company Shares Price Currency