Penny Pritzker

Penny Sue Pritzker (born May 2, 1959) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, civic leader, and philanthropist. She was the United States Secretary of Commerce from June 2013 to January 2017.

She studied at Castilleja School, Harvard College, and Stanford University.

She is the founder, chairman and CEO of PSP Capital Partners and Pritzker Realty Group.  She is also co-founder and chairman of Artemis Real Estate Partners. She is a member of the Pritzker family.

In 2012, Chicago magazine named her one of the 100 most powerful Chicagoans. In 2011 the Forbes 400 list of America's wealthiest showed her as the 263rd richest person in the U.S., estimated net worth of US $1.7 billion, and the world's 651st richest person.
In 2009 Forbes named Pritzker as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world.

Pritzker was nominated to be the next United States Secretary of Commerce by Barack Obama.Sweet, Lynn (2013-05-02) "Obama nominates Chicago exec Penny Pritzker as commerce secretary", Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2013-05-02.

References

Other websites

 Shattered Dynasty, Vanity Fair (magazine)
 Money Maven
 Penny Pritzker at NNDB
 2002 article on Superior Bank failure, In These Times
 The Forbes 400 – #135 Penny Pritzker 2007 profile
 The Harvard Crimson – Penny Pritzker  Madeline W. Lissner, June 5, 2006
 SEC filings 
 Personal website 

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Category:United States Secretaries of Commerce
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Category:Politicians from Chicago
Category:Philanthropists from Chicago