John Pritzker

John Pritzker (#1322)

Global Rank #1322

Country Rank #475

Country United States

Three years ago I gave the commencement speech at Menlo College and received an honorary degree in Rocket Science (true story). Whenever my team doubt the veracity of my assertions I remind them I'm a Rocket Scientist.

$ 3 B
Hotels, investments
United States
M
72 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #1,322

Country Rank #475

Net Worth $3.2B

Previous Worth $3.2B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country United States

Industry Hotels, investments

Age 72 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence San Francisco, California

Citizenship United States

World Billionaires List United States Billionaires Hotels, investments

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 72

Source Of Wealth Hotels, investments

Self Made Score 3

Philanthropy Score 3

Residence San Francisco, California

Citizenship United States

Marital Status Married

Children 3

Education Bachelor of Arts/Science, Menlo College

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $3.2B

Current Net Worth $3.2B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

John Pritzker learned the hotel business at his family's Hyatt Hotel chain; he sold his shares in Hyatt to relatives in 2010. Pritzker went on to build Commune Hotels and Resorts, a boutique hotel management company, which after a merger in 2016 became Two Roads Hospitality. In November 2018, Hyatt Hotels purchased Two Roads Hospitality for $408 million. John's brother Tom Pritzker is the chairman of Hyatt and his sister Gigi Pritzker is a film producer. A photography buff, he gave $25 million to create the Pritzker Center for Photography at the SFMOMA in San Francisco. John's father Jay, uncle Robert and grandfather A.N. Pritzker built a diverse fortune that included manufacturing and service group Marmon Holdings.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

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#1325

Billionaires (2026)

#339

Forbes 400 (2020)

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Did You Know?

Pritzker, a former Dead Head, took time off between high school and college to be part of the emerging counterculture in San Francisco.

To support himself after high school, Pritzker got a union job pulling cables for cable TV in an apartment complex south of San Francisco.

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Net Worth Growth Over Time

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Current Net Worth: $3.2B (May 4, 2026)