Adam Pritzker
Adam Pritzker (born 17 July 1984) is an American entrepreneur. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Assembled Brands, a holding company of consumer brands,[1] and was co-founder and chairman of General Assembly, a private school for professional development.[2][3] In 2018, General Assembly was sold to The Adecco Group for over $400 million.[4][5]
Adam Nicholas Pritzker | |
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Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. | July 17, 1984
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Known for | Co-Founder, General Assembly and Assembled Brands |
Education
Pritzker attended Columbia University and graduated in 2008 with a B.A. in anthropology.[6][7][8]He studied with Jeffrey Sachs at Columbia, and went on to work for him at The Earth Institute.[9]
Career
Pritzker co-founded General Assembly in January 2011 with Jake Schwartz, Brad Hargreaves, and Matt Brimer.[10] Pritzker and his partners started the company as a New York coworking space that offered practical classes on technology, design and entrepreneurship.[2] The 20,000 square foot space was modeled after a college campus, according to Pritzker.[2] He served as the chief creative officer, and helped its expansion to eight other locations globally.[11] He was named to the Inc. (magazine) 30 under 30 list,[12] and the Forbes magazine 30 under 30 list[11] for his work at General Assembly. He left his day-to-day job at the business in 2013 but remained chairman until its sale to The Adecco Group.[6][13]
Political action
In October 2017, Pritzker partnered with Jeffrey Sachs, a development economist at Columbia University, and Daniel Squadron, a former New York state senator, to found Future Now.[14][15] The new group's mission is to promote a set of national policy priorities it terms "America's Goals 2030", and to do so by funding state-level political candidates who are committed to working toward those goals.[15] Based on the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals – a global list of priorities approved in 2015 by the 193 U.N. members[15] – the organization's policy agenda encompasses seven priorities: good jobs; affordable health care; investing in children; empowering people over special interests; equal opportunity; sustainable infrastructure; and clean air, water, and energy.[14][8]
Personal
Pritzker married Sophie McNally in 2016.[16]He is a fourth-generation member of the Pritzker family, son of John Pritzker and grandson of Jay Pritzker.[9][17] His uncle, Thomas Pritzker, is the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, and his aunt, Gigi Pritzker, is a film producer.
References
- Friedman, Vanessa (8 June 2016). "Can America Build Its Own LVMH?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
- Wortham, Jenna (24 January 2011). "General Assembly Aims to Gather New York Techies". Bits Blog. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
- Alejandro Cremades (2019-05-26). "Adam Pritzker On Selling His First Business For $400M And Reinventing How Brands Are Built". Alejandro Cremades. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- "Adecco buys General Assembly in $412.5 million deal to boost growth". Reuters. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- Cremades, Alejandro. "He Sold His First Business For More Than $400 Million And Is Now Reinventing How Brands Are Built". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- Shontell, Alyson (25 April 2013). "General Assembly Co-Founder Is Leaving To Start A New Company". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- "Adam Pritzker '08CC, along with Daniel Squadron and Jeffrey Sachs, Have a New Plan to Fix Our Broken Politics". Columbia Entrepreneurship. 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- Squadron, Daniel; Pritzker, Adam; Sachs, Jeffrey D. (9 October 2017). "An Academic, an Entrepreneur, and a Former Politician's New Plan to Fix Our Broken Politics" (opinion). The Daily Beast. thedailybeast.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- Gelles, David (November 5, 2014). "A Pritzker Sets Out With Ideas of Empire". DealBook. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- Lloyd, Tim (12 January 2013). "General Assembly aims to match education to market demands". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- Casserly, Meghan. "Adam Pritzker, 28, Cofounder and Chief Creative Officer, General Assembly - pg.23". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- Fenn, Donna (2 July 2012). "Where Entrepreneurs Teach & Students Learn Skills". Inc.com. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- Hempel, Jessi (10 October 2013). "The prince of sales". Fortune. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- Cramer, Ruby (8 October 2017). "New Group Promises Real Money for Local Candidates Who Commit to Sweeping National Progressive Goals". BuzzFeed. buzzfeed.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- Wulfhorst, Ellen (9 October 2017). "New group launched in US to set nation's own long-term goals to fix ills". Thomas Reuters Foundation. reuters.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- McNally, Anne (October 2016). "Anne McNally's Social-Circuit Diary: October 2016 and More". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- "How the next-gen Pritzkers are spending the family fortune". Crain's Chicago Business. 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2020-05-23.