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Rank #500

Karen Pritzker

Net worth $7.6B

Hotels, investments · United States

Born
Jan 07, 1958
Age
68
Source
Hotels, investments
Residence
Branford, Connecticut
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Widowed
Children
4
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Northwestern University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Karen Pritzker is one of 13 billionaire Pritzker heirs. Her grandfather, A.N. Pritzker (d. 1986), built industrial conglomerate Marmon and Hyatt hotels.
  • She has invested in public companies like Apple, as well as hundreds of private biotech and medical device firms.
  • Pritzker and her late husband Michael Vlock donated to Yale, Teach for America and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
  • Her Seedlings Foundation supports the physical and mental health of children, and is one of the top-giving foundations in Connecticut.
  • Pritzker's KPJR Films produced a documentary about "Joy Luck Club" author Amy Tan that was directed by Robert Redford's late son and featured at Sundance this year.

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