Penny Pritzker is a Co-Founder of Inspired Capital, which she started with Alexa von Tobel. She is the founder and Chairman of PSP Partners and its affiliates Pritzker Realty Group, PSP Capital and PSP Growth, and she founded Vi Senior Living and co-founded The Parking Spot and Artemis Real Estate Partners. She served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the Obama Administration and later as President Biden's Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery, and in July 2022 was elected Senior Fellow of the Harvard Corporation. She sits on the boards of Microsoft Corporation, DEPT and Icertis, and holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and a J.D. and M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Education
B.A. Economics, Harvard University
J.D., Stanford University
M.B.A., Stanford University
Previous Experience
Founder & Chairman, PSP Partners (and its affiliates Pritzker Realty Group, PSP Capital and PSP Growth)
Founder, Vi Senior Living
Co-Founder, The Parking Spot
Co-Founder, Artemis Real Estate Partners
U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Obama Administration
Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery, Biden Administration
Member, President Biden's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Member, President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness and Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Board roles at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Council on Foreign Relations and Stanford University
Board Seats
Microsoft Corporation
DEPT
Icertis
Career Timeline
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Founded Vi Senior Living and co-founded The Parking Spot and Artemis Real Estate Partners.
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Served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the Obama Administration.
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Co-founded Inspired Capital with Alexa von Tobel after their partnership began when von Tobel was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship.
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Served as President Biden's Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery.
2022
Was elected Senior Fellow, the chair, of the Harvard Corporation in July 2022, the first woman to hold the position.