J.B. Pritzker

J.B. Pritzker is an Illinois-based U.S. billionaire, born in 1965, whose listed industry is finance. He has an estimated net worth of ~$3.9B RTB.

Philanthropy

The Pritzker Foundation reported $465.4 million in assets and $34.6 million in grants paid in 2023. The Pritzker Family Foundation reported $148.4 million in assets and $56.8 million in grants paid; together, the two foundations reported $613.8 million in assets and $91.4 million in grants paid ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 records on file, spanning 2022-09-23 to 2025-12-31, totaling $2,364,890.01 in that sample. Of that sampled total, $1,216,890.01 was categorized as Democratic and $1,148,000 as Unknown; the largest listed recipients were the Harris Victory Fund ($1,048,000), the Democratic National Committee ($704,300), Women Vote! ($100,000), the Georgia Federal Elections Committee ($21,511.77), and the Democratic Party of New Mexico - Federal ($21,511.76) FEC.

These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.

In the News

On August 20, 2026, Chronicle Media reported that Pritzker signed a disaster proclamation for 15 Illinois counties affected by severe storms. The proclamation was intended to support debris removal and public-infrastructure repairs and allow small rural communities to seek disaster-relief funding of up to $250,000 NewsAPI.