Karen Pritzker

Karen L. Pritzker is a filmmaker, investor, and philanthropist. She is a member of the Pritzker family, the granddaughter of A.N. Pritzker and daughter of Robert Pritzker.

• Karen Pritzker is one of 11 billionaire Pritzker heirs. Her grandfather, A.N. Pritzker, built industrial conglomerate Marmon and the Hyatt hotels
• She has invested in public companies like Apple, as well as hundreds of private biotech and medical device firms.
• Pritzker and her late husband Michael Vlock donated to Yale, Teach for America and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
• Her Seedlings Foundation supports the physical and mental health of children, and is one of the top-giving foundations in Connecticut.