Jennifer Pritzker
Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Loyola University Illinois
United States
Tawani Enterprises
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hotels, investments
$2,000,000,000
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#1227 Billionaires 2019
#374 Forbes 400 2016
Jennifer Pritzker is one of 11 billionaire heirs in the Chicago-based Pritzker clan and is the world's only known transgender billionaire.Pritzker inherited stakes in the family's Hyatt Hotels chain as well as industrial firms run by her late father Robert and his brothers Jay & Donald.Formerly known as James, the retired Army lieutenant colonel announced in 2013 that she would live her life as a woman.Pritzker is also the founder and CEO of private wealth management firm Tawani Enterprises.
Pritzker responded to President Trump's proposed ban on transgender people in the military by offering to help find "a better solution."Her Tawani Foundation has given $5.3 million to educational initiatives, $2.4 million to military history preservation, and $1.1 million to LGBTQ organizations.
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