Tom Pritzker Resigns As Hyatt Chairman Amid Epstein Connection Fallout

Source: MEDIAite

Feb 16th, 2026, 5:06 pm


Thomas Pritzker, the billionaire Hyatt Hotels heir and cousin of JB Pritzker, resigned Monday as executive chairman of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation amid the ongoing fallout surrounding his inclusion in the so-called Epstein Files.

Pritzker, 75, announced his resignation in a letter to the Hyatt board, writing, “Good stewardship also means protecting Hyatt, particularly in the context of my association with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell which I deeply regret.”

“I exercised terrible judgment in maintaining contact with them, and there is no excuse for failing to distance myself sooner,” added Pritzker, who first became the chairman and CEO of Hyatt Hotels back in 1999. JB Pritzker, the current Democratic governor of Illinois, is also an heir to the Hyatt fortune and is widely seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2028.

Thomas Pritzker’s regular email exchanges with Epstein were made public in the recent release of the Epstein files, which showed the pair maintained a relationship following Epstein’s 2008 plea deal for sex crimes.

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