Linda Pritzker

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Linda Pritzker (born ca. 1955, Chicago, Illinois) is an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, the second of five children of billionaire Robert Pritzker, a co-founder of that chain. Pritzker lives chiefly in Western Montana and maintains an address in Houston, Texas, and is herself a billionaire on the Forbes 400.

Pritzker is known as a donor to Democratic Party candidates and causes, including some $5 million to political action committees opposed to the re-election of President George W. Bush.

Pritzker identifies herself as a psychotherapist (with a Jungian approach) and Tibetan Buddhist.

She is the author of The Princess Who Wept Pearls: The Feminine Journey in Fairy Tales.