Pritzker lives chiefly in Western Montana and maintains an address in Houston, Texas, and is herself a billionaire on the Forbes 400.
Pritzker is known as a donor to Democratic candidates and causes, including some $5 million to political action committees opposed to the re-election of President George W. Bush.
Pritzker identifies herself as a psychotherapist (with a Jungian approach) and Tibetan Buddhist.
Pritzker, 21, signed a contract to buy a $2.29 million, 1,660-square-foot, three-bedroom apartment in a new condominium building on the Upper West Side, not far from Columbia University, where she is a sophomore.
Pritzker filed the lawsuit in 2002, charging that her father, RobertPritzker, had looted her trust funds after his divorce from her mother, Irene Pritzker, diverting more than $1 billion to other family members and a family foundation.
Pritzker said she is studying history at Columbia and plans to spend the summer as a volunteer doing health care work in Asia.