dagblog - Comments for "Penny Pritzker Gives $100 Million to Harvard for New Economics Facility" http://dagblog.com/link/penny-pritzker-gives-100-million-harvard-new-economics-facility-34636 Comments for "Penny Pritzker Gives $100 Million to Harvard for New Economics Facility" en A reminder that she is part http://dagblog.com/comment/310239#comment-310239 <a id="comment-310239"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/penny-pritzker-gives-100-million-harvard-new-economics-facility-34636">Penny Pritzker Gives $100 Million to Harvard for New Economics Facility</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A reminder that she is part of a wealthy super-elite Chicago family, as well as supporting Obama: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Pritzker">Wikipedia:</a></p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Penny Sue Pritzker</strong> (born May 2, 1959) is an American billionaire businesswoman, entrepreneur, and civic leader.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Pritzker#cite_note-Easton,_Nina,_The_fascinating_life-1">[1]</a> President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> nominated Pritzker as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">United States Secretary of Commerce</a>. After being confirmed by a Senate vote of 97–1, she became the 38th person to hold that position.</p> <p>Pritzker spent her early career in business. She worked her way up through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritzker_family" title="Pritzker family">Pritzker family</a> business, eventually being appointed as one of three successors to her uncle, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Pritzker" title="Jay Pritzker">Jay Pritzker</a>. She is the founder of PSP Partners, PSP Capital Partners and Pritzker Realty Group and co-founder of Artemis Real Estate Partners and Inspired Capital. She also serves on the board of Microsoft and is chair of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. As of September 2020, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></em> estimated her net worth at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>2.7 billion.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Pritzker#cite_note-forbes1-2">[2]</a> In 2009, Forbes named Pritzker one of the 100 most powerful women in the world.</p> <p>Before entering government service, Pritzker had been involved in many <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> organizations, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Board_of_Education" title="Chicago Board of Education">Chicago Board of Education</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Chicago" title="Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago">Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago</a>, and her own foundation, the Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation. Pritzker was an early supporter of Obama's presidential candidacy, having been a friend of the Obama family since their time in Chicago.</p> <p>Her brother, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Pritzker" title="J. B. Pritzker">J. B. Pritzker</a>, is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor of Illinois</a> [....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Fri, 01 Oct 2021 22:19:11 +0000 artappraiser comment 310239 at http://dagblog.com