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Article: Jay Robert ``J. B.'' Pritzker 35; Old money, new deals.(New World Ventures)(Brief Article)
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- Crain's Chicago Business
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- November 6, 2000
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Managing director
William Blair New World Ventures LLC
As if having one of the best-known names in Chicago business weren't enough, J. B. Pritzker now has two.
The scion of the Hyatt Corp. and Marmon Group Inc. dynasty teamed up late last year with William Blair Capital Partners LLC, an investment arm of the Chicago-based brokerage and investment banking firm.
Mr. Pritzker and his partners at his Evanston firm will manage a $100-million pool for Blair, which he acknowledges is a ``pretty big leap'' for an operation he started in 1996 with a $6-million stake from his family after a credible but unsuccessful run for Congress.
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