J.B. Pritzker

Who is J.B. Pritzker?

Mr. Pritzker is a Partner of and founded New World

Ventures in 1996, which has become one of Chicago's prominent

early-stage technology fund managers. He is also Managing Partner of

The Pritzker Group. A founding board member of the Illinois Venture

Capital Association, a founding director of the Chicagoland

Entrepreneurial Center, and a member of the Young Presidents'

Organization, Pritzker has been a forceful and active proponent of a

stronger technology base in the Midwest region. He also continues to

serve on a variety of other private corporate boards.

Crain's Chicago Business honored Mr. Pritzker with

the designation as a business leader in its "40 under 40," and "Who's

Who of Chicago Business." The Chicago Sun-Times named him to their "Hot

100" most prominent members of Chicago's technology economy. The City

Club of Chicago awarded him Citizen of the Year, and he received the

Humanitarian Award from the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois

for his philanthropic activities.

Pritzker is a trustee and serves on the investment

committee of Northwestern University and is a member of the Board of

Governors of the Northwestern University School of Law. Appointed by

the Governor of Illinois, he serves as Chairman of the Illinois Human

Rights Commission and was co-Chairman of the Governor's Transition

Committee for Civil Rights. He is also Chairman of the Illinois

Holocaust Museum Campaign. Pritzker is an attorney and a member of the

Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations. He graduated with an A.B. in

political science from Duke University and earned his J.D. from

Northwestern University School of Law. He lives in Evanston, Illinois

with his wife and family.