Penny Pritzker

A Panel of Pros

Jonathan Tisch | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


Jonathan Tisch

Where will we end up in a new regulated environment? Jonathan Tisch asks some of those closest to President Obama: Bill Daley, lawyer Marty Lipton and Penny Pritzker.

Billionaire Obama Donors Fighting Obama Legislation

bloomberg.com | John Lippert and Holly Rosenkrantz | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics


Three Chicago billionaires who helped fund President Barack Obama's election campaign are fighting legislation he backs that would make it easier for ...

Penny Pritzker: Wealthy Obama Campaign Finance Chair Breaks With President, Opposes EFCA

FireDogLake | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics


Penny Pritzker, the finance chair of the Obama campaign who is now a member of his Economic Recovery Advisory Board, has a somewhat different opinion ...

Bill Richardson Withdraws Commerce Bid -- Time to Call Leo Hindery

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics


Steve Clemons

Leo Hindery, who was an economic advisor to the Obama campaign and authored the interesting book It Takes a CEO, is a real stand out who the Obama team should consider for Commerce.

Obama's Inauguration: Pritzker, Rogers And Daley To Be Co-Chairs

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 12.25.2008 | Chicago


Chicagoans Penny Pritzker, John Rogers and William Daley will be among the Obama inauguration co-chairs, with the Presidential Inauguration Committe...

Pritzker Saved Obama Much Embarrasssment By Bowing Out Of Commerce

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Pritzker did Obama, herself, and probably the thousands of other bilked homeowners who still blame her family bank for their misery, a favor by bowing out of Commerce. That is if indeed she did bow out.

Penny Pritzker: Commerce Secretary?

Huffington Post | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


UPDATE: Penny Pritzker has withdrawn herself from consideration for the Commerce Secretary post. She emailed the following statement to the Chicago S...

Obama Friends To Shakeup Washington Social Scene

Crain's Chicago Business | Shia Kapos | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago


As a new first family prepares to replace the drapes in the White House, their Washington neighbors are abuzz about the changes coming to what has bec...

Who Wasn't On Stage With Obama and Should Have Been?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

I'm not satisfied with the roster of economic personalities and thinkers we see Barack Obama mixing with.

Obama's Cabinet: Which Chicagoans Are Washington-Bound?

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago


The buzzing and maneuvering and pondering has been percolating for many weeks -- unmistakably, if quietly. But now that the winner of the White House...

McCain and Obama's Wall Street Greed Team

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Team Obama has matched and in some cases exceeded Team McCain in the mad dash to bundle cash from Wall Street with one even more troubling note.

Big Money Behind New School Reform Group

Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago


A business-backed group that Chicago school officials say has provided "seed capital" to spark reform here is about to launch a drive to raise up to $...

All the President's Networks

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics


Bradley W. Bloch

A close examination of virtually any administration will uncover a tangled skein of personal, political, and professional connections, often reaching back decades.

Top Obama Fundraiser Helped Run Failed Subprime Lender

WSJ | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


For the Pritzker family of Chicago, the 2001 collapse of subprime-mortgage lender Superior Bank was an embarrassing failure in a corner of their giant...