Mary Kathryn Muenster Biography and Wiki
Mary Kathryn Muenster is the First Lady of Illinois who is famously recognized as J. B. Pritzker’s wife. Jay Robert Pritzker is a billionaire, businessman, and philanthropist. Kathryn Muenster became Illinois’ first lady when her husband, JB Pritzker, won the 2019 and 2022 gubernatorial elections.
Mary Kathryn Muenster Age and Birthday
Kathryn Muenster was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, and grew up in Nebraska and the South Dakota prairie. She is around 55 years old as of 2023. M.K. was born on May 25, 1967.
Mary Kathryn Muenster Height
MK stands at 5 feet 8 inches tall, or 1.8 meters. She weighs around 55 kg (121 pounds).
Mary Kathryn Muenster Education
Muenster,s nickname M.K., was assumed during her college years, She grew up in Nebraska and the South Dakota prairie. She has been educated in historic decorative arts and architecture. More on her education will be updated once we gather more.
Mary Kathryn Muenster Family
MK was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the daughter of Theodore and Karen Muenster. Her father Theodore Muenster once served as South Dakota Governor Richard Kneip’s Chief of Staff. Her dad, Ted, grew up on a little farm in Nebraska
Kathryn Muenster’s mother Karen Muenster was a state senator in South Dakota from 1987 to 1993. MK has an older brother named Tom and a younger brother named Ted.
M.K. was quite close with her Grandma Marce. She is the one who taught her to sew, crochet, make chocolate cake, take care of animals and even taught her bookkeeping as the church’s secretary.
Mary Kathryn Muenster Husband
Moving on to her marital affairs, MK is happily married to Jay Robert Pritzker. Pritzker is a billionaire, businessman, and philanthropist, who is the incumbent Governor of Illinois, a role he has held since 2019.
M.K. and J.B. ended up working on the same floor of the Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., and met on a blind lunch date. They later made it official and tied the knot in 1963.
Mary Kathryn Muenster Children
Kathryn and her husband J. B. Pritzker have two children. Donny and Teddi Pritzker.
Mary Kathryn Muenster Net Worth
The Pritzker family has a combined net worth of $33.5 billion, The Pritzkers own the Hyatt Hotel and are currently ranked in the top 20 among the world’s wealthiest families. The family lives in Chicago and includes 11 billionaires. Mary Kathryn Muenster holds an estimated net worth of over $20 million as of 2023. Her husband’s net worth is upwards of $3 billion.
Mary Kathryn Muenster Career
Pritzker pledged Illinois to the U.S. Climate Alliance on January 23, 2019, this was in a move to combat the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than 26 percent by 2025.