{{short description|American entrepreneur (born 1984)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Adam Pritzker | image = Adam Pritzker.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|07|17}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | occupation = Businessman | education = Columbia University (BA) | known_for = Co-founder, General Assembly and Assembled Brands | spouse = {{marriage|Sophie McNally|2016}} | father = John Pritzker | mother = Lisa Stone | family = Pritzker family }}
'''Adam Pritzker''' (born July 17, 1984) is an American businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of Assembled Brands, a holding company of fashion and lifestyle consumer brands,<ref name="Fashionista">{{Cite web|last=Mau|first=Dhani|title=How Adam Pritzker is Building an American Fashion Conglomerate of Brands That Make Sense|url=https://fashionista.com/2017/10/adam-pritzker-assembled-brands-american-fashion-conglomerate|date=October 15, 2018| access-date=17 February 2023| website=Fashionista}}</ref><ref name="LVMH">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/09/fashion/american-lvmh-adam-pritzker-vanessa-traina.html|title=Can America Build Its Own LVMH?|last=Friedman|first=Vanessa|date=June 8, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|issn=0362-4331|access-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref> and was co-founder and chairman of General Assembly, a private school for professional development.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/a-place-for-techies-to-gather/?_r=0|title=General Assembly Aims to Gather New York Techies|last=Wortham|first=Jenna|date=January 24, 2011 |newspaper=Bits Blog|access-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alejandrocremades.com/adam-pritzker/|title=Adam Pritzker On Selling His First Business For $400M And Reinventing How Brands Are Built|last=Alejandro Cremades|date=May 26, 2019|website=Alejandro Cremades|language=en-US|access-date=November 6, 2019}}</ref> In 2018, General Assembly was sold to The Adecco Group for over $400 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-general-assembly-adecco-idUSKBN1HN0H5|title=Adecco buys General Assembly in $412.5 million deal to boost growth|date=April 16, 2018|work=Reuters|access-date=November 3, 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alejandrocremades/2019/05/26/he-sold-his-first-business-for-more-than-400-million-and-is-now-reinventing-how-brands-are-built/|title=He Sold His First Business For More Than $400 Million And Is Now Reinventing How Brands Are Built|last=Cremades|first=Alejandro|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref>
== Education == Pritzker attended San Francisco University High School and Columbia University,<ref>{{Cite web|title=UHS Journal Fall 2014 NOAR by SFUHSorg |url=https://issuu.com/sfuhsorg/docs/uhsjournal_fall2014_noar|date=Fall 2014 |access-date=February 6, 2022|via=Issuu|publisher=San Francisco University High School|language=en}}<!-- A page number or article name within the journal would be nice. I didn't easily find the cite --></ref> graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/general-assembly-co-founder-is-leaving-to-start-a-new-company-2013-4|title=General Assembly Co-Founder Is Leaving To Start A New Company|last=Shontell|first=Alyson|date=April 25, 2013|newspaper=Business Insider|access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Adam Pritzker '08CC, along with Daniel Squadron and Jeffrey Sachs, Have a New Plan to Fix Our Broken Politics|url=https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/2017/10/11/adam-pritzker-08cc-along-daniel-squadron-jeffrey-sachs-new-plan-fix-broken-politics/|date=October 11, 2017|website=Columbia Entrepreneurship|language=en-US|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Sachs" /> He studied with Jeffrey Sachs at Columbia, and went on to work for him at The Earth Institute.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=A Pritzker Sets Out With Ideas of Empire|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/a-pritzker-sets-out-with-ideas-of-empire/|last=Gelles|first=David|date=November 5, 2014|website=DealBook|language=en|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref>
== Career == Pritzker co-founded the General Assembly in January 2011 with Jake Schwartz, Brad Hargreaves, and Matt Brimer.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/01/12/general-assembly-education/|last=Lloyd |first=Tim |date=January 12, 2013 |title=General Assembly aims to match education to market demands|website=VentureBeat|access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref> Pritzker and his partners started the company as a New York coworking space that offered practical classes on technology, design and entrepreneurship.<ref name=":4" /> The 20,000 square foot space was modeled after a college campus, according to Pritzker.<ref name=":4" /> He was the chief creative officer, and helped its expansion to eight other locations globally.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/lml45mkil/adam-pritzker-28-cofounder-and-chief-creative-officer-general-assembly/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231025938/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lml45mkil/adam-pritzker-28-cofounder-and-chief-creative-officer-general-assembly/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2012|title=Adam Pritzker, 28, Cofounder and Chief Creative Officer, General Assembly |page=23|last=Casserly|first=Meghan|website=Forbes|access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref> He was named to the Inc. (magazine) 30 under 30 list,<ref>{{Cite news |first=Donna |last=Fenn |url=http://www.inc.com/30under30/donna-fenn/adam-pritzker-matthew-brimer-brad-hargreaves-founders-general-assembly.html|title=Where Entrepreneurs Teach & Students Learn Skills|date=July 2, 2012|newspaper=Inc.com|access-date=December 9, 2016}}</ref> and the Forbes magazine 30 under 30 list<ref name=":5" /> 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.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2013/10/10/tech-star-adam-pritzker/|title=The prince of sales|last=Hempel|first=Jessi|date=October 10, 2013|website=Fortune|access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref>
In 2013, Pritzker co-founded Assembled Brands. In 2016 he made a co-founding investment in the Khaite luxury fashion brand.<ref name="LVMH"/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Pons|first=Sabrina|title=Khaite, the Minimalist luxury brand that New Yorkers are snapping up|url=https://madame.lefigaro.fr/style/news/khaite-la-marque-de-luxe-minimaliste-que-les-new-yorkaises-s-arrachent-20221116|language=French|date=16 November 2022| access-date=17 February 2023| website=lefigaro.fr}}</ref><ref name="Fashionista"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Evan|title=Khaite Scores Investment from Stripes|url=https://wwd.com/business-news/financial/khaite-investment-cate-holstein-stripes-ken-fox-adam-pritzker-1235579056/|date=10 March 2023|website=Women's Wear Daily}}</ref>
In 2021, he was named a trustee of Columbia University.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Adam Pritzker {{!}} Office of the Secretary of the University|url=https://secretary.columbia.edu/trustees-columbia-university/adam-pritzker|access-date=March 26, 2021|website=secretary.columbia.edu}}</ref>
==Political action== 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.<ref name="Wulfhorst">Wulfhorst, Ellen (October 9, 2017). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035206/https://af.reuters.com/article/africaTech/idAFL2N1MK0ZE New group launched in US to set nation's own long-term goals to fix ills]". Reuters. Retrieved November 22, 2017.</ref><ref name="buzzfeed">{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/new-group-promises-real-money-for-local-candidates-who|last=Cramer |first=Ruby |date=October 8, 2017 |title=New Group Promises Real Money for Local Candidates Who Commit to Sweeping National Progressive Goals|work=BuzzFeed. buzzfeed.com |access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Sachs">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/an-academic-an-entrepreneur-and-a-former-politicians-new-plan-to-fix-our-broken-politics|title=An Academic, an Entrepreneur, and a Former Politician's New Plan to Fix Our Broken Politics|last1=Squadron |first1=Daniel |last2=Pritzker |first2=Adam |last3=Sachs|first3=Jeffrey D.|date=October 9, 2017 |type=opinion |publisher=The Daily Beast. thedailybeast.com |access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Corasaniti|first=Nick|title=Democratic-Allied Group Pours $60 Million Into State Legislative Races|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/us/politics/state-legislature-races.html|date=23 September 2022|website=New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Doyle|first=Jena|title=NDRC Teams up with The States Project to Support State Legislative Races|url=https://democraticredistricting.com/ndrc-teams-up-with-the-states-project-to-support-state-legislative-races/|date=11 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Waldron|first=Travis|title=Democrats are On the Brink of a Historic State Legislative Election Performance|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-state-legislatures-abortion-election-deniers_n_636e7ab9e4b02901364197a0|date=11 November 2022|website=Huffpost.com}}</ref>
== Personal life == Pritzker married Sophie McNally in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/anne-mcnallys-social-circuit-diary-october-2016/|title=Anne McNally's Social-Circuit Diary: October 2016 and More|last=McNally|first=Anne|newspaper=Vanity Fair|access-date=December 8, 2016|date=October 2016}}</ref> He is a member of the Pritzker family, son of John Pritzker, grandson of Jay Pritzker, and great-grandson of Abram Nicholas Pritzker.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bertagnoli |first=Lisa |title= How the next-gen Pritzkers are spending the family fortune |publisher=Crain's Chicago Business|date=29 June 2018 |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180629/ISSUE01/180629842/how-the-fourth-generation-of-pritzkers-are-spending-the-family-fortune|via=Wayback Machine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819150627/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180629/ISSUE01/180629842/how-the-fourth-generation-of-pritzkers-are-spending-the-family-fortune| archive-date=August 19, 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-01|title=Hyatt Hotel Heir Adam Pritkzer Buys Montecito Estate|url=https://therealdeal.com/la/2021/04/01/adam-pritzker-hyatt-hotel-heir-buys-montecito-estate/|access-date=2022-02-06|website=The Real Deal Los Angeles|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McClain|first=James|date=February 20, 2020|title=Adam Pritzker Downsizes to $8.5 Million Beverly Hills Villa|url=https://www.dirt.com/more-dirt/heirs-heiresses/adam-pritzker-house-beverly-hills-1203311845/|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=Dirt|language=en-US}}</ref>
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