JB Pritzker

Extracted Attributes

• Education

  Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law (1993); Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Duke University

• Full Name

  Jay Robert Pritzker

• Net Worth

  $3.9 billion (Estimated as of August 2025)

• Date of Birth

  1965-01-19

• Current Office

  Governor of Illinois (43rd)

• Place of Birth

  Atherton, California, United States

• Political Party

  Democratic Party

• Discrepancy Note

  Wikipedia lists place of birth as Palo Alto, while Wikidata and Britannica list Atherton.

Timeline

• Born in Atherton, California. (Source: undefined)

  1965-01-19

• Graduated with a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law. (Source: undefined)

  1993-05-01

• Lost the Democratic primary for Illinois's 9th congressional district. (Source: undefined)

  1998-03-17

• Appointed Chair of the Illinois Human Rights Commission, serving until 2006. (Source: undefined)

  2003-01-01

• Served as national co-chair for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. (Source: undefined)

  2008-01-01

• Opened the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center after leading its capital campaign. (Source: undefined)

  2009-04-19

• Elected Governor of Illinois, defeating incumbent Bruce Rauner with 54.5% of the vote. (Source: undefined)

  2018-11-06

• Sworn in as the 43rd Governor of Illinois. (Source: undefined)

  2019-01-14

• Reelected as Governor of Illinois, defeating Republican Darren Bailey. (Source: undefined)

  2022-11-08

JB Pritzker

Jay Robert "JB" Pritzker (born January 19, 1965) is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. Born in Palo Alto, California, Pritzker graduated from Milton Academy, Duke University, and Northwestern University School of Law. A member of the wealthy Pritzker family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain, Pritzker has helped to create several venture capital and investment startups, including Pritzker Group Private Capital, where he serves as managing partner. He also co-founded Chicago Ventures and funded the startups Techstars Chicago and Built in Chicago. According to Forbes, as of August 2025, his estimated net worth is $3.9 billion. Before entering electoral politics, Pritzker was a longtime active member and financial supporter of the Democratic Party. In 1998, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois's 9th congressional district, losing in the Democratic primary. He chaired the Illinois Human Rights Commission from 2003 to 2006 under Governor Rod Blagojevich. Pritzker won a crowded Democratic primary for governor of Illinois in the 2018 election. He defeated Republican incumbent Bruce Rauner in the general election on November 6 and took office on January 14, 2019. During his governorship, Pritzker has focused on fiscal policy, education, healthcare, and criminal justice reform. He has legalized recreational cannabis, expanded abortion access, and managed the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois. Pritzker was reelected in 2022, defeating Darren Bailey.

Web Search Results

• J.B. Pritzker | Biography, Governor, Illinois, Family, Term, & Facts

  J.B. Pritzker (born January 19, 1965, Atherton, California, U.S.) is an American Democratic politician and businessman who is governor of Illinois (2019– ). He is a member of the prominent Pritzker family, who owns the Hyatt hotel chain and is one of the wealthiest families in the United States. Before being elected governor, Pritzker played a role in the founding of multiple venture capital firms. As a politician, he developed a reputation for pursuing liberal policies in support of abortion rights, gun control, and LGBTQ+ rights, among other issues. ## Background and family [...] •History Top Questions ### Who is J.B. Pritzker? J.B. Pritzker is the governor of Illinois, a Democratic politician, and a businessman. He is a member of the wealthy Pritzker family, known for owning the Hyatt hotel chain. ### What are some of J.B. Pritzker’s political positions? Pritzker is known for his liberal policies, supporting abortion rights, gun control, LGBTQ+ rights, and raising the state minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. ### What was J.B. Pritzker’s involvement in business before politics? Pritzker founded multiple venture capital firms, including New World Ventures and Chicago Ventures, and was involved in initiatives including 1871, a digital start-up incubator. [...] ## Background and family The youngest of three children, Pritzker is the son of Donald and Sue (née Sandel) Pritzker. In 1959 the couple and their first child, Penny, moved from Chicago to California to take over the management of Hyatt House, a motel near Los Angeles International Airport that Donald Pritzker’s brother Jay Pritzker had purchased. Donald Pritzker built the Hyatt brand into one of the largest hotel chains in the country and became president of the Hyatt Corporation. Sue Pritzker was a socialite, and both she and her husband served on the campaigns of various Democratic political candidates. In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times in 2017, J.B. Pritzker described his parents as having been “believers in social justice.”

• The Governor - JB Pritzker - Illinois.gov

  Agencies Services # Governor JB Pritzker Governor JB Pritzker is Illinois’ 43rd Governor, elected in 2018 and reelected in 2022 with the highest vote share for any Democratic governor in more than 60 years. Since taking office, he has accomplished one of the most ambitious policy agendas in the nation. During his tenure, he has worked with the General Assembly to overcome years of fiscal mismanagement by balancing the state budget every year, eliminating the state’s multi-billion-dollar bill backlog, improving pension funding, and achieving nine credit rating upgrades. He raised the minimum wage to a living wage and made historic investments to infrastructure. [...] With a focus on families and children, his leadership has led to an assault weapons ban, nation-leading reproductive rights protections, a ban on book bans, and guaranteed paid leave for every worker in the state. Governor Pritzker and his wife, MK, have been married for more than 30 years, and they are the proud parents of two children. [...] He has attracted massive new investments in electric vehicle manufacturing and quantum computing, helping Illinois’ economy reach over a trillion dollars. Illinois now ranks among the top five states for infrastructure and workforce development and has significantly improved its ranking among CNBC’s “Best States for Business.” Illinois is now a top five state for college readiness and its high school graduation rate is at its highest level in more than a dozen years. University of Illinois has become a top ten public university in the U.S., and community college tuition is now free for working-class families. Governor Pritzker led nation-leading climate action and clean energy expansion, creating thousands of new jobs and doubling the state’s renewable energy production.

• JB Pritzker - Wikipedia

  As chairman of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, which opened in 2009, Pritzker led the capital campaign and planning to build an international institution in the Midwest dedicated to teaching the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides. He is the principal funder of Cambodia Tribunal Monitor, the most significant online source for news and commentaries on the international criminal tribunal created to bring to justice the perpetrators of Pol Pot-era acts of genocide. He chaired the Illinois Human Rights Commission, and was succeeded by former White House counsel and federal judge Abner J. Mikva. In 2013, Pritzker received the Survivors' Legacy Award for his leadership in the creation of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. [...] Pritzker was raised in Atherton, California. He attended Milton Academy, a boarding school in Milton, Massachusetts, and graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. In 1993, he earned his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law. He is an attorney and a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association. ## Business career [edit] Pritzker co-founded Pritzker Group Private Capital, where he serves as managing partner. In 2008, he received the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce's Entrepreneurial Champion Award for his efforts to promote economic development and job creation. [...] In the 2008 presidential election, Pritzker served as national co-chair of Hillary Clinton's campaign. He was a delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention and the 2016 Democratic National Convention. He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 general election and helped bring the Clinton and Obama campaigns in Illinois together.

• Pritzker signs major energy reform bill amid projected shortages

  CHICAGO — Amid warnings of impending energy shortages, Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed a wide-ranging energy reform package into law aimed at bolstering the state’s power grids after years of negotiations. Senate Bill 25 — also known as the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, or CRGA — will fund battery storage, grant greater authority to state utility regulators, create new options for “virtual power plants” and lift a longtime ban on new large-scale nuclear power plants.

• J.B. Pritzker - Ballotpedia

  believes unions are key to building a strong middle class. Governor Rauner’s extreme agenda is a direct attack on Illinois’ working families. Governor Rauner favors right to work legislation, which would destroy unions in this state, and has proposed legislation that would significantly limit collective bargaining by preventing workers from bargaining over central tenets of employment—wages and healthcare. JB knows workers are the heart of every organization and must be treated with respect. JB will fight to protect collective bargaining rights because he believes unions are key to building a strong middle class. JB will protect fair share agreements and will be a good faith partner for labor unions and workers. Support a Living Wage JB believes that the minimum wage needs to be [...] | | | | --- | Candidate | % | Votes | | ✔ | J.B. Pritzker (D) | 54.5 | 2,479,746 | | Bruce Rauner (R) | 38.8 | 1,765,751 | | William McCann (Conservative Party) | 4.2 | 192,527 | | Grayson Jackson (L) | 2.4 | 109,518 | | | Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 115 | | | | --- | | Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 4,547,657 | | = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | | If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | | Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | #### Democratic primary election ##### Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois [...] | | | | --- | Candidate | % | Votes | | ✔ | J.B. Pritzker | 91.9 | 810,989 | | Beverly Miles | 8.1 | 71,704 | | | | --- | | Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 882,693 | | = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | | If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | | Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | #### Republican primary election ##### Republican primary for Governor of Illinois The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Illinois on June 28, 2022.

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• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Duke University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  lawyer

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  1/19/1965

• Place Of Birth

  Atherton