Penny Pritzker

Founder, Chairman, and CEO, PSP Capital Partners and Pritzker Realty Group

Penny Pritzker is founder, chairman, and CEO of PSP Capital Partners and its affiliate, Pritzker Realty Group (PRG). She is also co-founder and chairman of Artemis Real Estate Partners and chairman of the board of TransUnion. Previously, Ms. Pritzker founded and developed such diverse companies as Classic Residence by Hyatt, The Parking Spot, and Centergate Residential. Ms. Pritzker serves on the President's Council for Jobs and Competitiveness and is a past member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. She chairs the Chicago Public Education Fund, a venture philanthropy which raises private equity to invest in creating sustainable improvements in Chicago's schools, and Skills for America's Future, a national initiative of the Aspen Institute that brings together businesses, community colleges, and others to prepare workers for 21^st century jobs. She is a trustee of Stanford University and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and sits on the boards of Hyatt Hotels, the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project, Chicago Public Schools, the Economic Club of Chicago, and the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago. She is based in Chicago, IL.