
Photo: Linda Pritzker / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What fascinates me about Linda Pritzker, known as Lama Tsomo, is the road she didn't take. Born into the Pritzker family and its Hyatt fortune, she could have lived a life of pure comfort, yet she trained as a Tibetan Buddhist lama and a psychotherapist, then planted a retreat ranch in Montana to help others quiet their minds. To me that says everything about her values. There's a quiet integrity in choosing inner meaning over inherited spectacle, and her Ohio roots seem to match that grounded humility. I respect anyone who treats wealth as a tool rather than an identity.
Overview
Linda Pritzker (born September 1953), also known as Lama Tsomo, is an American lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She is a spiritual teacher, author, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Namchak Foundation and Namchak Retreat Ranch in Missoula, Montana where she currently resides. She is a member of the Pritzker family, known for the Hyatt Hotel fortune.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Linda Pritzker
- Name (Japanese)
- リンダ・プリツカー
- Reading
- りんだ・ぷりつかー
- Born
- January 1, 1953 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Snake
- Origin
- Oberlin, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- psychotherapist / Lama
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.