Nestled in the hills overlooking Los Angeles is the 50,000-square-foot Pritzker estate—the lavish one-time home of Hyatt hotel heir Tony Pritzker and his ex-wife, the philanthropist Jeanne Pritzker.
Soon to hit the market with an expected asking price of around $200 million, the monstrous estate was at the center of the couple’s contentious divorce proceedings — and bust open a shocking secret about their shared wealth, the Wall Street Journal has reported .
After their 30-plus-year marriage fell apart in 2022, Jeanne sought to continue living in the Angelo Drive estate—with amenities that include a bowling alley, a gym with changing rooms, and an infinity swimming pool—but Tony, the brother of Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker, wanted to sell.
Jeanne’s team of lawyers was prepared to fight for her to stay in the home. But the rug was ripped from beneath her when she learned that, legally speaking, the couple didn’t own the home—or its contents, even the cutlery—at all.
The property instead was owned by a complicated network of trusts of which Jeanne was not a beneficiary. Not only was she not entitled to continue living there, but she had no legal claim to the estate during the divorce battle.