Name
Daniel Pritzker
Daniel Pritzker
Marin County, California
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Tufts University | Doctor of Jurisprudence, Northwestern University
United States
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hotels, investments
$2,500,000,000
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#1008 Billionaires 2019
#344 Forbes 400 2018
Daniel Pritzker is one of 11 billionaire heirs in the Chicago-based Pritzker family, whose best known creation is Hyatt Hotels.Pritzker has been working on a film, Bolden!, a biographical drama about New Orleans trumpeter Buddy Bolden, on and off for a decade.Daniel's brother Tom Pritzker is the chairman of Hyatt Hotels; his sister Gigi is a film director.The Pritzker family also owned industrial conglomerate Marmon, which was purchased by Berkshire Hathaway in 2008.
Pritzker used to own Jerry Garcia's guitar; he auctioned it and donated the proceeds, $3.2 million, to the Southern Poverty Law Center.Pritzker is also a guitarist and the primary songwriter for Sonia Dada, a fusion rock and soul band.
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