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J. B. Pritzker on the economy of Illinois. Recorded March 2, 2022. Jay Robert "JB" Pritzker (born January 19, 1965) is an American businessman, politician, philanthropist, and attorney, serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. [ 1] Pritzker is a member of the wealthy Pritzker family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain. [ 2]
1871 is a non-profit digital startup incubator located in the Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois. [1] The organization was founded in 2012 by J. B. Pritzker and is the flagship project of The Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC), a non-profit organization that supports entrepreneurs on their path to building high-growth, sustainable businesses that serve as platforms for economic ...
In 1995, Jay Pritzker, the cofounder of Hyatt, stepped down and Thomas Pritzker took control of The Pritzker Organization. [4] When the former died in 1999, the family split the business into 11 pieces worth $1.4 billion each [4] (and chose to settle a lawsuit from two family members, who apparently received $500 million each, in 2005).
Pritzker says her most memorable experiences in life were in Israel in October 1973 when she witnessed events of the Yom Kippur War. [3] Pritzker enlisted in the U.S. Army on February 8, 1974, and served with the HQ Troop, and with the B Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, rising to the rank of Sergeant. [3]
The longest-serving governor was James R. Thompson, who was elected to four terms lasting 14 years, from 1977 to 1991. Only one governor, Richard J. Oglesby, has served multiple non-consecutive terms, having been elected in 1864, 1872, and 1884. The current governor is J. B. Pritzker, who took office on January 14, 2019.
Nicholas J. Pritzker is an American real estate and venture entrepreneur in San Francisco, California. [1] He served as the Chairman of the board and CEO of the Hyatt Development Corporation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is a member of the wealthy Pritzker family , who owned chewing-tobacco giant Conwood before selling it to Reynolds American .
Daniel Pritzker (born 1959), musician and filmmaker who served as a trustee of the Jay Pritzker Foundation along with his wife, Karen. He also founded the Jay Pritzker Academy in Ta Chet, Cambodia; and is a prominent supporter of Providence St. Mel School in Chicago and Tufts University. He is the owner of Jerry Garcia 's famed guitar "Wolf ...
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library (formerly Pritzker Military Library) is a non-profit museum and a research library for the study of military history on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The institution was founded in 2003, and its specialist collections include material relating to Winston Churchill and war-related sheet music .