The Chicago dynasty behind Hyatt Hotels — and architecture's most prestigious award.
The Pritzker family built a business empire from Chicago across the 20th century, most famously founding the Hyatt hotel chain and assembling the industrial Marmon Group.
The family established the Pritzker Architecture Prize — often called architecture's Nobel — and later generations entered public life, including Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker and U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.
The Pritzkers are among the wealthiest American families and major philanthropists, funding architecture, medicine, and the arts. The Pritzker Prize shapes the field of architecture worldwide.
Their name marks buildings, schools, and pavilions across Chicago and beyond.
The Pritzker family is based in Chicago, Illinois. One of America's wealthiest families; founders of Hyatt and the Pritzker Architecture Prize
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A. N. Pritzker — patriarch who built the family enterprise
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