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Jay Pritzker

American entrepreneur who founded Hyatt Hotels — buying the original Hyatt House hotel at LAX in 1957 — and who built the Pritzker family fortune through a combination of hotel development, industrial acquisitions, and financial deal-making that made the Pritzkers one of America's wealthiest families.

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