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- 1 2 3 4 "Forbes profile: Jean (Gigi) Pritzker". Forbes. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ↑ Chicago Tribune: "Pritzker family could soon own less than half of Hyatt" By Julie Wernau April 19, 2011
- 1 2 3 Michael Cieply. New York Times: "A Movie Mogul Rising", January 14, 2013.
- ↑ Crain's Chicago Business: "Gigi Pritzker's firm sees star rising in Hollywood" by Shia Kapos January 15, 2013
- 1 2 Harris, Melissa; Wernau, Julie (December 18, 2011). "Fortune's Fate". Chicago Tribune . pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Crain's Chicago Business: "Gigi, Michael Pucker donate sculpture to Lurie Children's Hospital" by Shia Kapos October 24, 2012
