John Pritzker

John A. Pritzker (born 1953) is an American billionaire and investor. He is a member of the Pritzker family, the grandson of A.N. Pritzker and son of Jay Pritzker. He was named in the Epstein files.

Early life and education Pritzker was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Marian "Cindy" (née Friend) and Jay Pritzker. Pritzker graduated with a B.A. from Menlo College and attended University of Denver. In 1957, Jay founded Hyatt Hotel and, along with his brothers Robert Pritzker and Donald Pritzker diversified the Chicago-based family business into the Marmon Group building it into a portfolio of over 60 diversified industrial corporations and owned Braniff Airlines from 1983 to 1988. in 2007, the family sold control of the Marmon Group to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway for $4.5 billion; In 1988, he left Hyatt to pursue his own business ventures, including Ticketmaster. In 1996, he formed Mandara Spa, a chain of 72 resort spas. In 2000, 40% of the company was sold to Shiseido Co. In 2001, the remaining 60% was sold to Steiner Leisure Limited, a Nasdaq (STNR) listed company. In 2005, Pritzker founded the private equity firm Geolo Capital with his Mandara business partner Tom Gottlieb; In 2009, Geolo Capital bought the iconic Carmel Valley Ranch from Blackstone. The resort was reimagined and opened in 2012. Soon after the resort's opening, Geolo Capital purchased a majority interest in the Joie de Vivre boutique hotel chain. In October 2011, Geolo Capital merged the 30 hotel Joie de Vivre chain with the 12 hotel Thompson Hotel Group In 2012, Commune operated 46 hotels, which generated $450 million in revenues. In January 2016, Commune Hotels merged with Destination Hotels to form Two Roads Hospitality. With that merger, the new company managed over 97 hotels across six brands and annual revenues of over $2.3 billion. In November 2018, Two Roads Hospitality closed on its sale to Hyatt Corporation for a reported price of $480 million.

Personal life and philanthropy

Pritzker and his former wife Lisa Stone have three children. He is the chair of the John Pritzker Family Fund, whose mission is to help people lead fulfilling and healthy lives in vibrant communities, with investments in mental health and healthcare, democracy and civic health, Jewish life, and the arts. The fund was a major supporter of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), providing a gift of nearly $60 million to fund the construction of the UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Building for Psychiatry, which opened in 2022. Pritzker serves on the Executive Council of UCSF Health and the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he chairs the Visiting Committee on Modern and Contemporary Art. He is also a board member of the Bernard Osher Foundation, a member of the Emeritus Board of Tipping Point Community, and a past president of the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation. In 2025, Pritzker donated 188 Dada and Surrealist works by 37 artists — collectively known as the Bluff Collection — to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including works by Man Ray, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Suzanne Duchamp, Jean Arp, Lee Miller, and Francis Picabia. Pritzker married Mo KC Pritzker in 2021. Together they serve as co-Trustees of the Mojo Philanthropic Fund, which focuses on supporting innovation and imagination.