Liesel Pritzker
| Liesel Pritzker Simmons | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Liesel Anne Pritzker 1984/03/14 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Residence | Greater Boston, Massachusetts |
| Other names | Liesel Matthews (stage name) |
| Alma mater |
New Trier High School Columbia University |
| Occupation | Actress, philanthropist |
| Years active | 1995-2000 |
| Net worth |
 US$ 500 million |
| Spouse(s) | Ian Simmons |
| Parent(s) |
Robert Pritzker Irene Dryburgh |
| Relatives |
A.N. Pritzker (grandfather) Jay Pritzker (uncle) Matthew Pritzker (brother) Jennifer N. Pritzker (half-sister) Linda Pritzker (half-sister) Karen Pritzker Vlock (half-sister) |
Liesel Pritzker Simmons (born Liesel Anne Pritzker 1984/03/14), stage name Liesel Matthews, is an American former child actress, heiress to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, and philanthropist. She starred as Sara Crewe in A Little Princess, a 1995 film adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett classic, and as Alice Marshall in Air Force One. She is a member of the wealthy Pritzker family. She is now known as a leader in the impact investing space and founded the Blue Haven Initiative in 2012 to that end.
Liesel Anne Pritzker was born in Chicago, Illinois, into the wealthy Pritzker family, the daughter of Irene (née Dryburgh) and Robert Pritzker. Her father founded The Marmon Group with his brother Jay Pritzker. She is of Jewish origin on her father's side and her mother is Australian. Her mother met her father while working at a Pritzker-owned Hyatt hotel in Australia; they married in 1980 and divorced in 1989. She has one brother, Matthew Pritzker, and three half-siblings from her father's first marriage to Audrey Gilbert Pritzker: Jennifer N. Pritzker; Linda Pritzker; and Karen Pritzker Vlock. She was named after the Sound of Music character Liesl von Trapp, the eldest daughter of the seven von Trapp children She is one of twelve surviving grandchildren of patriarch A.N. Pritzker, a financier and industrialist who died in 1986. Her uncle, Jay Pritzker, is the founder of the Hyatt Hotel chain, and owned Braniff Airlines from 1983–1988. The family controls the TransUnion Credit Bureau and the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. The Pritzker family has been near the top of Forbes magazine's "America's Richest Families" list since the list began in 1982. Pritzker graduated from New Trier High School outside of Chicago and enrolled at Columbia University.
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