Penny Pritzker

Penny Pritzker
Official portrait, 2013
38th United States Secretary of Commerce
In office
June 26, 2013 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyPatrick D. Gallagher (acting)
Bruce H. Andrews
Preceded byJohn Bryson
Succeeded byWilbur Ross
Personal details
Born
Penny Sue Pritzker

(1959-05-02) May 2, 1959 (age 65)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBryan Traubert
Children2
ParentDonald Pritzker (father)
RelativesPritzker family
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Stanford University (JD, MBA)

Penny Sue Pritzker (born May 2, 1959) is an American billionaire heiress, businesswoman and civic leader who served as the 38th United States secretary of commerce in the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017.[1] She was confirmed by a Senate vote of 97–1.

Pritzker is a member of the prominent Pritzker family and was involved with the family business empire from a young age. She was eventually appointed as one of three successors to her uncle, Jay Pritzker. 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 is on the board of Microsoft, and chair of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. As of October 2021, Forbes estimated her net worth at US$3.2 billion.[2] In 2009, Forbes named Pritzker one of the 100 most powerful women in the world. She is the sister of J. B. Pritzker, the current governor of Illinois.

Before entering government service, Pritzker had been involved in many Chicago organizations, including the Chicago Board of Education, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 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.

From 2021 to 2022, she was a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).[3] Since September 2023, she has been working in the position of U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery.[4]

  1. ^ Easton, Nina (June 2, 2014). "The fascinating life of Penny Pritzker (so far)". Fortune. Archived from the original on December 8, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "Penny Prtizker". Forbes. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "President Biden Announces Members of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology". whitehouse.gov. September 22, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "Announcing the U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery". United States Department of State. Retrieved November 19, 2023.

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