Karen Pritzker

[2] In 1981, her mother remarried Albert B. Ratner, the co-chairman of Cleveland-based real estate developer Forest City Enterprises.

[10] Pritzker also operates a venture fund, LaunchCapital LLC[1][11] with a core focus in the technology, consumer and medical businesses.

[13] She has since executive-produced three documentary film features: The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia, Paper Tigers, and Resilience: The Biology of Stress and The Science of Hope.

The Seedlings Foundation, founded in 2002, has awarded millions of dollars in grants, catalyzing advancements in medical research, social services, job retraining for adults, affordable housing, and online news sites dedicated to local, factual, ad-free reporting.

[20] In 2007, Pritzker donated $1 million to build a new visitor center at the Treblinka concentration camp.

[25] The purpose of the effort is to "celebrate the best of humanity and empowers young people to realize their own potential to effect positive change in the world".