Background
Pritzker was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Fanny (née Doppelt) and Anugrah Narayan Pritzker.
Pritzker was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Fanny (née Doppelt) and Anugrah Narayan Pritzker.
Pritzker graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor from the law school at the University of Chicago. In 1961, after he graduated from law school, he went to work for the family company, the Marmon Group.
He had two older brothers: Jay (1922 - 1999) and Robert (1926 - 2011). Donald moved to Atherton, California and went about developing the chain and soon became Hyatt"s president In 1967, the s bought a newly built hotel in downtown Atlanta out of bankruptcy which had an unusual design consisting of a 21 story atrium lobby with external glass elevators, fountains, and caged tropical birds.
Donald renamed it the Hyatt Regency Atlanta.
lieutenant became an instant success and served as the architectural model for all future Hyatt hotels. Donald was credited with "setting the tone for the culture and philosophy at Hyatt" and presided over its growth from a six hotel chain to the 5th largest hotel chain in the world at the time of his death.
Donald was married to Sue Sandel. They had three children: Penny Anthony Jay Robert died in 1972 at age 39 of a heart attack while playing tennis at a Hyatt hotel in Honolulu.