Anne Gittinger
{{Short description|American billionaire heiress}}
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| name = Anne Gittinger
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| birth_name = Anne Nordstrom
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| nationality = American
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| alma mater = University of Washington
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| known_for = Owner of 11% of Nordstrom
| spouse = D. Wayne Gittinger
(1933–2014)
| parents = Everett Nordstrom
| children = 2
| relatives = John W. Nordstrom (grandfather)
Bruce Nordstrom (brother)
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Anne Gittinger (née Nordstrom), is an American billionaire heiress, the granddaughter of John W. Nordstrom, the co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain.{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/11/20/nordstroms-success-creates-a-new-billionaire/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |title=Nordstrom's success creates a new billionaire |agency=Bloomberg News |last=Coffey |first=Brendan |date=November 20, 2012 |access-date=March 30, 2016}}
Early life
She is the granddaughter of the co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain, John W. Nordstrom, and the sister of Bruce Nordstrom, the company's former chairman and CEO.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/anne-gittinger/|title=Anne Gittinger|website=Forbes|accessdate=October 12, 2015}} She has a degree from the University of Washington.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns-magazine/june-2014/alumni/gittinger/ |magazine=Columns (University of Washington alumni magazine)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916113034/https://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns-magazine/june-2014/alumni/gittinger/|archive-date=September 16, 2015 |title=D. Wayne Gittinger, 1933-2014 |date=June 2014 |page=47}}
Career
Gittinger is Nordstorm's largest shareholder after her brother Bruce Nordstrom.{{Cite web|url=https://mynorthwest.com/5721/where-are-the-women-of-nordstrom-one-is-a-billionaire/?|title=Where are the women of Nordstrom? One is a billionaire|date=2012-11-13|website=MyNorthwest.com|access-date=2020-04-29}}
As of April 2021, she had a net worth of $1.1 billion.
Personal life
She was married to D. Wayne Gittinger (1933–2014), a pitcher on the Husky baseball team from Kellogg, Idaho. After graduating from UW in 1954 and its law school in 1957, he was a partner in the Seattle law firm Lane Powell and a former Nordstrom director.{{cite news|last1=Coffey|first1=Brendan|title=New Nordstrom Billionaire Emerges as Retail Shares Surge|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-11-12/new-nordstrom-billionaire-emerges-as-retail-shares-surge|accessdate=October 12, 2015|work=bloomberg|date=November 12, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?pid=170097717 |newspaper=Seattle Times |title=Obituary: D. Wayne Gittinger |date=March 2014 |accessdate=March 30, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lanepowell.com/18712/in-memoriam-d-wayne-gittinger/ |publisher=Lane Powell PC |title=In Memoriam: D. Wayne Gittinger |date=March 13, 2014 |accessdate=March 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409024727/http://www.lanepowell.com/18712/in-memoriam-d-wayne-gittinger/ |archivedate=April 9, 2016 }} They had two children, and lived in Seattle.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160404203122/http://www.cci.org/site/c.cdKGIRNqEmG/b.4011005/k.611C/Board_and_Leadership.htm Canine Companions for Independence] – Board and Leadership
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