Tom Pritzker’s Epstein Ties Reveal Family Rift, ‘Girl From Romania’

Tom Pritzker’s long-standing relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is shining a harsh light on the billionaire’s lifestyle, but also revealing his sometimes strained relationship with his extended family.

Pritzker announced last week that he would retire as executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corp., the company that’s a core part of his family’s vast fortune, after the extent of his ties to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced in a trove of millions of files released by the Department of Justice. Pritzker, 75, said in a statement at the time that he “exercised terrible judgment in maintaining contact with them” and regrets his actions.