Nationality USA Role Entrepreneur Name Jay Pritzker | Spouse(s) Marian "Cindy" Friend Occupation Businessman Died January 23, 1999 | |
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Full Name Jay Arthur Pritzker Known for Co-founder of Hyatt Corporation Children Thomas Pritzker, John Pritzker, Daniel Pritzker, Gigi Pritzker, Nancy Pritzker Parents Abram Nicholas Pritzker, Fanny Pritzker Siblings Robert Pritzker, Donald Pritzker Grandchildren Abby Pucker, Jessy Pucker, Elizabeth Pucker, Aaron Pucker, Maggie Pucker, Conan Pucker Similar People | ||
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Jay Arthur Pritzker (August 26, 1922 – January 23, 1999) was an American entrepreneur, conglomerate organizer, and member of the Pritzker family.
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- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Early life and education
Pritzker was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Jewish family that arrived in Chicago from a shtetl near Kyiv, Ukraine in 1881, the son of Fanny (née Doppelt) and Abram Nicholas Pritzker. He had two brothers: Donald Pritzker and Robert Pritzker. At the age of 14, Pritzker was admitted to the University of Chicago. He then went on to graduate with a J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1947.
Career
Pritzker diversified the Chicago-based family business—which then consisted of the Prizker & Prizker law firm run by his uncle Harry Nicholas Pritzker and the investments made by his father and his uncle Jack Nicholas Pritzker—into the Marmon Group holding company. With his brother Robert Pritzker, he built a portfolio of 60 diversified industrial corporations. He created the Hyatt Hotel chain in 1957 with his brother Donald Pritzker and owned Braniff Airlines from 1983–1988.
In 1979 he established the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
In 1996, he and his wife Cindy received the National Building Museum's Honor Award.
In 2004, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, designed by architect Frank Gehry, was completed as part of Millennium Park in downtown Chicago.
Personal life
Pritzker was married to Marian "Cindy" Friend, the daughter of Illinois appellate judge Hugo Friend, for 51 years. They had five children: