Jean (Gigi) Pritzker

Jean (Gigi) Pritzker (#698)

Global Rank #698

Country Rank #272

Country United States

The reality of this business is it's extremely mercurial and you don't have control over most pieces...There's a lot of reflection after each film. This isn't a business for the faint of heart.

$ 6 B
Hotels, investments
United States
F
64 Years

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Quick Facts

Global Rank #698

Country Rank #272

Net Worth $5.8B

Previous Worth $5.9B

Worth Change -$0.1B

Country United States

Industry Hotels, investments

Age 64 Years

Gender F

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Last Refreshed 25 Jul 2026, 12:00 AM

Residence Los Angeles, California

World Billionaires List United States Billionaires Hotels, investments

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Age 64

Source Of Wealth Hotels, investments

Self Made Score 3

Philanthropy Score 2

Residence Los Angeles, California

Citizenship United States

Marital Status Married

Children 3

Education Bachelor of Arts/Science, Stanford University

Net Worth Change -$0.1B -1.7% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $5.9B

Current Net Worth $5.8B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

One of 13 billionaire heirs to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, Jean "Gigi" Pritzker is a Los Angeles-based movie producer. In 2015 she founded Madison Wells Media, a media and entertainment company that champions "badass women" and unknown stories. Films she has produced include "Drive," "Rabbit Hole," "Ender's Game," and the Oscar-nominated "Hell or High Water" and Oscar-winning "The Eyes of Tammy Faye." Through her Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation, she donates to the arts, education and community-oriented nonprofits. She was an early investor in Beyond Meat and now owns less than 5% of the company.

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The name of her company, Madison Wells Media, is named for her great-grandfather who sold newspapers at the corner of Madison Avenue and Wells Street in Chicago.

While she was a student at Stanford University, Pritzker spent a year abroad in Nepal, where she studied folktales among other things.

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Current Net Worth: $5.8B (May 4, 2026)