

CRAIN'S CHICAGO: The Pritzkers just bought a piece of your coffee cup
Following a new company acquisition, Lynne Marek of Crain's Chicago Business writes about Pritzker Group Private Capital and those little cardboard sleeves: "The next time you grab a Starbucks cup sleeve to shield yourself from the hot coffee, you can thank the Pritzker family. "Pritzker Group Private Capital, the private-equity arm of J.B. and Tony Pritzker's investment firm, has acquired Cicero-based LBP Manufacturing, the company that makes those sleeves as well as the Dun


CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Jeff Aronin of Marathon Pharmaceuticals on life after a $900M exit
After selling his pharmaceutical company, Ovation Pharmaceuticals, in 2009, Marathon Pharmaceuticals CEO Jeff Aronin sat down with the Chicago Tribune to talk exits, startups and orphan drugs. Entrepreneur Jeff Aronin sold his pharmaceutical company for $900 million in 2009. In 2010, he decided to do it all over again. Aronin won big by focusing on the small; his Ovation Pharmaceuticals, bought six years ago by Denmark-based Lundbeck, focused on developing niche drugs for sma