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黑料社 today announced that the Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation has made a $5 million gift in support of the school’s Family Office Initiative (FOI). In recognition of this commitment, the FOI faculty director will be named the Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation - Family Office Initiative Director. The foundation has also made a philanthropic commitment to the UChicago Private Markets Program (PMP) in the College. Tony Pritzker, who established the foundation, received his MBA in finance in 1987 from Chicago Booth.

“The Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation’s generosity will help the Family Office Initiative jumpstart its mission to educate, connect, and support family office leaders globally. Support from alumni helps Booth maintain its position at the leading edge of business education and scholarship,” said Madhav Rajan, dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting.

Launched in October 2024, Chicago Booth’s FOI advances the education, research, and networking needs of current and future family office leaders around the world. Booth is one of the first major academic institutions in the country to implement a comprehensive program focused on supporting family office leaders, making the school a pathbreaker in this space. With the support of the Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation’s gift, the FOI faculty director will advance the initiative’s aims to build a robust network of leaders in the family office sector and to generate research and actionable insights that will help these leaders manage their offices and drive progress across family enterprises in United States and around the globe.

“Investing in leadership is one of the most meaningful ways to drive lasting impact,” explained Tony Pritzker. “This gift reflects our foundation’s commitment to empowering the next generation of principled, forward-thinking leaders who will shape the future of the family office landscape. We are proud to help launch this important initiative at Chicago Booth, where rigorous education, real-world collaboration, and a dynamic network of faculty and peers will equip future leaders to lead with purpose and vision.”

In addition to furthering the mission of the FOI, the Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation is also supporting the UChicago Private Markets Program. PMP educates undergraduate students in the field of private markets and positions them to pursue related professional opportunities. Components of the program include a one-week cohort experience in which students attend lectures on key concepts, learn to build detailed investment strategy models, and benefit from opportunities to engage with potential employers. The foundation’s gift will help PMP enhance its existing programming, allowing students in the College to get an immersive and career-oriented introduction to private markets.

As chairman and chief executive officer of Pritzker Private Capital, a family investment firm founded in 2002, Tony Pritzker has spent a career putting into practice lessons in investing and wealth management that he learned at Booth. The most recent gift builds on his foundation’s other commitments to the university. The foundation has championed education at UChicago for decades, including endowing the Pritzker Professorship at the Law School.

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