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   Jay Robert "JB" Pritzker (born January 19, 1965) is an American billionaire businessman and politician serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. [1]

2. www.britannica.com › biography › J-B-PritzkerJ.B. Pritzker | Biography, Governor, Illinois, Family, Term ...

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   Oct 1, 2024 · 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.

3. www.economist.com › united-states › 2024/08/21The ubiquitous J.B. Pritzker, the man behind the Democrats’ party

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   Aug 21, 2024 · ONE OLD friend of J.B. Pritzker, the billionaire governor of Illinois, tells a story about his first attempt to win office. In 1998 Mr Pritzker ran for Illinois’s ninth...

4. www.newyorker.com › j-b-pritzker-governor-illinoisJ. B. Pritzker, Billionaire Hotel Heir—and Progressive Hero ...

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   Oct 18, 2023 · Pritzker, a billionaire once known to many voters as the Democratic rich guy running against the Republican rich guy in a dysfunctional state, has pursued a robust activism defined by the...

5. www.nytimes.com › trump-jb-pritzker-felonyJB Pritzker, the Democrat Who Isn’t Afraid to Call Trump a ...

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   Jun 13, 2024 · As a billionaire blue-state governor who is America’s wealthiest elected official, Mr. Pritzker operates with more freedom to be seen as a slash-and-burn partisan than his colleagues in...

6. www.npr.org › 2024/08/20 › nx-s1-5081497Who is JB Pritzker? The Illinois governor is expected to ...

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   Aug 20, 2024 · Pritzker was among governors who Vice President Kamala Harris considered for her running mate. Here are some things to know about him: Pritzker, 59, is an heir to the Hyatt hotels fortune with...

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   Who is Mr Pritzker?

   • Mr Pritzker is the rich host who has opened his home for the celebration and stocked the fridge with excellent wine. On Tuesday night on the main stage Senator Bernie Sanders denounced the “billionaire class”. Ten minutes later Mr Pritzker came on and, to enormous cheers, bragged about having more money than Donald Trump.

   The ubiquitous J.B. Pritzker, the man behind the Democrats’ party

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   What was the most important thing Pritzker ever done?

   • When the bill passed, Pritzker called it the most important thing he had ever done. Rich Miller, the editor of Capitol Fax, a widely respected political newsletter, has covered the past seven Illinois governors. (Two of them went to prison.) For more than a decade before Pritzker, he told me, the state always seemed to be in crisis.

   The Billionaire Hotel Heir—and Progressive Hero? - The New Yorker

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   Who is Governor Pritzker's wife?

   • 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.

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   How did the Pritzker family make money?

   • The hotel business had made the family wealthy enough that Pritzker and his siblings would never have to have real jobs, but Sue had gone out of her way to instill in them the value of work. When Pritzker was a teen-ager, he had been a busboy at Rickey’s Hyatt House, the hotel that launched the family fortune.

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   Can Pritzker unstick a dysfunctional state government?

   • As the governor of Illinois, J. B. Pritzker has managed to unstick a dysfunctional state government while pushing through an unapologetically liberal agenda. Can his strategy work on a national level?

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   Who is Sue Pritzker?

   • 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.

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

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8. gov.illinois.gov › about › the-governorGovernor JB Pritzker - Illinois

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   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.