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“It was the creature that was created by Jay Pritzker and his brother, Bob. It was a remarkable company when we bought it. But it was highly diversified already, and then we diversified it ...
His father, Donald, and his uncle Jay founded Hyatt Hotels ... but eventually sold that company to Microsoft founder Paul Allen. The Pritzker Group works in private equity and has made investments ...
This story was published in partnership with the Center for Media and Democracy,  The more than $100 million spent on this ...
Herbert Fisk Johnson III, a fifth-generation member of the family, is the current CEO and chairman of the company. A.N. Pritzker and his sons Jay, Donald, and Robert created the family's wealth by ...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is apparently getting closer to a decision on his political future and whether he will run for a third term or seek higher office instead.
The fight between two of America’s most prominent institutions – the federal government and Harvard University – is getting personal. While President Donald Trump and Harvard President Alan ...
The fight between two of America’s most prominent institutions – the federal government and Harvard University – is getting ...
In the 1970s, when Penny Pritzker’s uncle Jay was operating the Hyatt chain, it signed a deal with Trump to buy a failing hotel in New York and rebrand it as the Grand Hyatt, marking Trump’s ...
WBEZ’s Dave McKinney talked to Democratic strategists David Axelrod and Pete Giangreco, who noted that a third term could be ...