Unlike the rest of her family, Ms. Pritzker chose to hold on to her shares in the family business, and, along with her husband, a career investor, she maintains large holdings in Hyatt, and has purchased a portion of Apple. She and her husband gave $3 million to her husband’s brother, in order for him to develop a new drug to prevent infection. They subsequently licensed the drug to SanofiAventis for $375 million, the majority of which went to Pritzker and her husband as majority stakeholders. The also have holdings in a restaurant chain and a surfboard manufacturer, and run their own venture capital firm called, LaunchCapital, LLC.
