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JB Pritzker: “My father and my father's brother bought a motel in Los…”

Featuring: JB Pritzker, Democratic | Governor of Illinois

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JB Pritzker gets candid on Trump, weight, wealth and 2028

Published | Video Starts at 23:12

So you, you obviously married to somebody who was around politics, but yeah, you know, your family was always in business. Your, your, was it your, your grandfather founded the Hyatt Hotel? Shane? Great grandfather? No, my father. Who's your My father and my father's brother bought a motel in Los Angeles next to the Los Angeles airport. owned by a guy named Hyatt Van Den and it was called Hyatt's House. And so that's where the name Hyatt came from. People wonder that sometimes. (23:12–23:21)

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