Anne Gittinger (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Nordstrom), is an American billionaire heiress, the granddaughter of John W. Nordstrom, the co-founder of the

Nordstrom Nordstrom, Inc. () is an American Luxury goods, luxury department store chain headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin in 1901. The original store operated exclusively as a shoe store, and a seco ...

department store chain.

Early life

She is the granddaughter of the co-founder of the

department store chain, John W. Nordstrom, and the sister of Bruce Nordstrom, the company's former chairman and CEO. She has a degree from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

Career

Gittinger is Nordstorm's largest shareholder after her brother Bruce Nordstrom. 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 Kellogg is a city in the Silver Valley (Idaho), Silver Valley of Shoshone County, Idaho, Shoshone County, Idaho, United States, in the Idaho Panhandle region. The city lies near the Coeur d'Alene National Forest and about 36 miles (58 km) ...

. After graduating from UW in 1954 and its

law school A law school (also known as a law centre/center, college of law, or faculty of law) is an institution, professional school, or department of a college or university specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for b ...

in 1957, he was a partner in the Seattle law firm Lane Powell and a former Nordstrom director. They had two children, and lived in Seattle.

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– Board and Leadership {{DEFAULTSORT:Gittinger, Anne 1930s births Living people American people of Swedish descent American billionaires Female billionaires Nordstrom family Year of birth missing (living people)