Linda Pritzker is an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, the second of five children of businessman Robert Pritzker

Robert Pritzker

Robert Alan Pritzker was a member of the wealthy Pritzker family.-Biography:His parents were Fanny and A. N. Pritzker, and his brothers were Jay and Donald. Robert Pritzker received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1946 and an honorary...

, a co-founder of that chain.Linda Pritzker, Forbes (October 2006) Pritzker is herself a billionaire, and has been listed on the Forbes 400

Forbes 400

The Forbes 400 or 400 Richest Americans is a list published by Forbes Magazine magazine of the wealthiest 400 Americans, ranked by net worth. The list is published annually in September, and 2010 marks the 29th issue. The 400 was started by Malcom Forbes in 1982 and treats those in the list like...

. In 2011, she was listed at 273.

Pritzker is known as a donor to Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 candidates and causes. According to her advisors, Pritzker has donated approximately US$ 20,000 to MoveOn.Org.

Pritzker identifies herself as a psychotherapist with a Jungian

Carl Jung

Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of Analytical Psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as "by nature religious" and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and...

approach. She is the author of The Princess Who Wept Pearls: The Feminine Journey in Fairy Tales.