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Adam Pritzker
Born (1984-07-17) July 17, 1984 (age 40)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
EducationColumbia University (BA)
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forCo-Founder, General Assembly and Assembled Brands
Spouse
Sophie McNally
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(m. 2016)​
FamilyPritzker family

Adam Pritzker (born July 17, 1984) is an American entrepreneur. He is the chairman and CEO of Assembled Brands, a holding company of fashion and lifestyle consumer brands,[1][2] and was co-founder and chairman of General Assembly, a private school for professional development.[3][4] In 2018, General Assembly was sold to The Adecco Group for over $400 million.[5][6]

Education

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Pritzker attended San Francisco University High School and Columbia University,[7] graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology.[8][9][10] He studied with Jeffrey Sachs at Columbia, and went on to work for him at The Earth Institute.[11]

Career

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Pritzker co-founded the General Assembly in January 2011 with Jake Schwartz, Brad Hargreaves, and Matt Brimer.[12] Pritzker and his partners started the company as a New York coworking space that offered practical classes on technology, design and entrepreneurship.[3] The 20,000 square foot space was modeled after a college campus, according to Pritzker.[3] He served as the chief creative officer, and helped its expansion to eight other locations globally.[13] He was named to the Inc. (magazine) 30 under 30 list,[14] and the Forbes magazine 30 under 30 list[13] for his work at General Assembly. He left his day-to-day job at the business in 2013 but remained chairman until its sale to The Adecco Group.[8][15]

In 2013, Pritzker co-founded Assembled Brands. In 2016 he made a co-founding investment in the Khaite fashion brand.[2][16][1][17]

In 2021, he was named a trustee of Columbia University.[18]

Political action

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In October 2017, Pritzker partnered with Jeffrey Sachs, a development economist at Columbia University, and Daniel Squadron, a former New York state senator, to found Future Now. The group's mission was to promote "America's Goals 2030", a set of national policy priorities, by funding state-level political candidates committed to working toward those goals. The organization's policy agenda is based on the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals – a global list of priorities approved in 2015 by the 193 U.N. members.[19][20][10]

In addition to Future Now, Pritzker and Squadron co-founded the States Project, an advocacy nonprofit organization to win Democratic governing majorities in state legislatures.[21][22][23]

Personal life

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Pritzker married Sophie McNally in 2016.[24] He is a fourth-generation member of the Pritzker family, son of John Pritzker and grandson of Jay Pritzker.[11][25] His uncle, Thomas Pritzker, is the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, and his aunt, Gigi Pritzker, is a film producer. He and his family live in Beverly Hills and Montecito, California.[26][27]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mau, Dhani (October 15, 2018). "How Adam Pritzker is Building an American Fashion Conglomerate of Brands That Make Sense". Fashionista. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Friedman, Vanessa (June 8, 2016). "Can America Build Its Own LVMH?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Wortham, Jenna (January 24, 2011). "General Assembly Aims to Gather New York Techies". Bits Blog. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  4. ^ Alejandro Cremades (May 26, 2019). "Adam Pritzker On Selling His First Business For $400M And Reinventing How Brands Are Built". Alejandro Cremades. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "Adecco buys General Assembly in $412.5 million deal to boost growth". Reuters. April 16, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  6. ^ Cremades, Alejandro. "He Sold His First Business For More Than $400 Million And Is Now Reinventing How Brands Are Built". Forbes. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "UHS Journal Fall 2014 NOAR by SFUHSorg". San Francisco University High School. Fall 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Issuu.
  8. ^ a b Shontell, Alyson (April 25, 2013). "General Assembly Co-Founder Is Leaving To Start A New Company". Business Insider. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  9. ^ "Adam Pritzker '08CC, along with Daniel Squadron and Jeffrey Sachs, Have a New Plan to Fix Our Broken Politics". Columbia Entrepreneurship. October 11, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  10. ^ a b Squadron, Daniel; Pritzker, Adam; Sachs, Jeffrey D. (October 9, 2017). "An Academic, an Entrepreneur, and a Former Politician's New Plan to Fix Our Broken Politics" (opinion). The Daily Beast. thedailybeast.com. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  11. ^ a b Gelles, David (November 5, 2014). "A Pritzker Sets Out With Ideas of Empire". DealBook. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  12. ^ Lloyd, Tim (January 12, 2013). "General Assembly aims to match education to market demands". VentureBeat. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  13. ^ a b Casserly, Meghan. "Adam Pritzker, 28, Cofounder and Chief Creative Officer, General Assembly". Forbes. p. 23. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  14. ^ Fenn, Donna (July 2, 2012). "Where Entrepreneurs Teach & Students Learn Skills". Inc.com. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  15. ^ Hempel, Jessi (October 10, 2013). "The prince of sales". Fortune. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  16. ^ Pons, Sabrina (November 16, 2022). "Khaite, the Minimalist luxury brand that New Yorkers are snapping up". lefigaro.fr (in French). Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  17. ^ Clark, Evan (March 10, 2023). "Khaite Scores Investment from Stripes". Women's Wear Daily.
  18. ^ "Adam Pritzker | Office of the Secretary of the University". secretary.columbia.edu. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  19. ^ Wulfhorst, Ellen (October 9, 2017). "New group launched in US to set nation's own long-term goals to fix ills". Thomas Reuters Foundation. reuters.com. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  20. ^ Cramer, Ruby (October 8, 2017). "New Group Promises Real Money for Local Candidates Who Commit to Sweeping National Progressive Goals". BuzzFeed. buzzfeed.com. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  21. ^ Corasaniti, Nick (September 23, 2022). "Democratic-Allied Group Pours $60 Million Into State Legislative Races". New York Times.
  22. ^ Doyle, Jena (October 11, 2022). "NDRC Teams up with The States Project to Support State Legislative Races".
  23. ^ Waldron, Travis (November 11, 2022). "Democrats are On the Brink of a Historic State Legislative Election Performance". Huffpost.com.
  24. ^ McNally, Anne (October 2016). "Anne McNally's Social-Circuit Diary: October 2016 and More". Vanity Fair. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  25. ^ "How the next-gen Pritzkers are spending the family fortune". Crain's Chicago Business. June 29, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  26. ^ "Hyatt Hotel Heir Adam Pritkzer Buys Montecito Estate". The Real Deal Los Angeles. April 1, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  27. ^ McClain, James (February 20, 2020). "Adam Pritzker Downsizes to $8.5 Million Beverly Hills Villa". Dirt. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
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