Karen Pritzker
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Karen Pritzker

United States 68 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Hotels, investments
Residence
Branford, Connecticut
Education
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Widowed
Children
4

Assets

  • Apple
    12,195,000 shares @ -
    -
    AAPL-US
  • BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS LP BIP
    623,000 shares @ -
    -
    BIP-US
  • CIGNA Corp.
    600 shares @ -
    -
    CI-US
  • Hyatt Hotels
    3,590,000 shares @ -
    -
    H-US
  • Las Vegas Sands Corp.
    7,000 shares @ -
    -
    LVS-US
  • Merck & Co
    224,000 shares @ -
    -
    MRK-US
  • Sirius XM Radio
    399,000 shares @ -
    -
    SIRI-US
  • TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE
    5,000 shares @ -
    -
    TTWO-US

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.

About

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.