American businesswoman Karen Pritzker has an estimated net worth of $4.3 billion as of May 2015 according to Forbes. Most of her net worth is said to have come from her hotel businesses.

Born in 1958, Karen Pritzker is a graduate of Northwestern University. She is currently married to Michael Vlock with whom she has four children. The couple currently lives in Branford, Connecticut. In addition to LaunchCapital LLC, Karen and Michael also have stakes in battery-operated surfboard/paddleboard-makers and in a chain of grilled cheese restaurants.

This businesswoman is known to be a member of the prominent Pritzker family who owned several successful businesses not just in the U.S. but to other countries also. She is known to be A.N. Pritzker's granddaughter. Together with his sons, Robert, Donald and Jay, A.N. Pritzker founded hotel chain Hyatt and Marmon, an industrial conglomerate.