Pritzker's ties to thrift, tax haven eyed
By ANDREW MIGABy ANDREW MIGA, Associated Press?
?Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on her nomination. A longtime Obama friend who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for both of his presidential campaigns, Pritzker is facing scrutiny at a Senate confirmation hearing for her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on her nomination. A longtime Obama friend who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for both of his presidential campaigns, Pritzker is facing scrutiny at a Senate confirmation hearing for her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on her nomination. A longtime Obama friend who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for both of his presidential campaigns, Pritzker is facing scrutiny at a Senate confirmation hearing for her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. John D. Rockefeller, D-W.Va., questions Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, as she testifies at her nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, center, talks with Senate Majority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin of Ill., as she arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013, to testify before the Senate Commerce hearing on her nomination. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. is seated at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of commerce is facing scrutiny in the Senate for her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in the Bahamas.
Billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker of Chicago is a longtime Obama friend who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for both of his presidential campaigns.
The Pritzker family had co-ownership of Superior Bank, a Chicago-area thrift which failed after losing millions of dollars on risky mortgage loans to borrowers with bad credit. Pritzker told the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday she regretted the failure of the thrift.
The Commerce post has been vacant since John Bryson resigned last summer. Forbes estimates Pritzker's net worth at $1.85 billion.
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