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Nicholas J. Pritzker

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chairman of the board and ceo of the hyatt development corporation”. Today it says “american real estate and venture entrepreneur in san francisco”.
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Pritzker is an American real estate and venture entrepreneur in San Francisco, California . He served as the Chairman of the board and CEO of the Hyatt Development Corporation. He is a member of the wealthy Pritzker family , who owned chewing-tobacco giant Conwood before selling it to Reynolds American . "The Business Week" ( 3747– 3755): 96. : Cite journal requires |journal= ( help ) "Guide to Private Fortunes, 1993". 1992: 437. : Cite journal requires |journal= ( help ) Richtel, Matt; Kaplan, Sheila (August 27, 2018).

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chairman of the board and ceo of the hyatt development corporation

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american real estate and venture entrepreneur in san francisco

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