Daniel Pritzker | $1B+

Get in touch with Daniel Pritzker | Daniel “Dan” Pritzker is an American billionaire heir, musician, and filmmaker from the prominent Pritzker family, which founded Hyatt Hotels. A Tufts and Northwestern Law graduate, he co-founded the band Sonia Dada and directed the feature films Louis (2010) and Bolden (2019), a passion project depicting jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden. He is also a trustee of the Jay Pritzker Foundation and active in educational philanthropy.  

Daniel Pritzker (born 1959)[1] is an American billionaire heir, musician, film director, and member of the Pritzker family. Daniel Pritzker Born1959 (age 65–66) Nationality American Alma mater Tufts University (BA) Northwestern University (JD) Occupation(s) Heir, musician, film director Spouse Karen Edensword Children 5 Parent Jay Pritzker (father) Relatives See Pritzker family Family Thomas Pritzker (brother) John Pritzker (brother) Jean "Gigi" Pritzker (sister) Contents Early life and education edit Pritzker was born to a Jewish family, the son of Marian (née Friend) and Jay Pritzker.[2][3] He is the grandson of A. N. Pritzker. He is a 1981 graduate of Tufts University and earned a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Law School in 1986. Career edit Daniel and his wife Karen are trustees of the Jay Pritzker Foundation, a philanthropic fund that created the Pritzker Challenge at Tufts with gifts of $10 million. The Pritzker Challenge is designed to encourage members of the Tufts community to establish endowed or term scholarships for underprivileged minority students. Pritzker was the founder, guitarist and songwriter for the Chicago band Sonia Dada. Pritzker is ranked 353 in the 2020 list of "The 400 Richest Americans" by Forbes magazine, with a net worth of $2.4 billion.[4] He purchased Jerry Garcia's "Wolf" guitar for $790,000 in 2002. In 2017, he donated it to a charity auction, where Brian Halligan placed the winning bid totaling $1.9M. He keeps it at his private residence in Utica, New York[5][6] After many years, he directed a film about jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden which was released to theaters in May 2019.[7] Originally titled Bolden! before being renamed to just Bolden, he funded the project from first draft to theatrical release because he felt the life of Buddy Bolden "was American history and tragedy of mythical proportion. From the outset I saw this as an opportunity to make an allegorical story about the soul of America."[8] Personal life edit Pritzker is married to Karen Edensword and has five children.[2][9] Filmography edit Bolden (2019) - Director and writer

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