Ken Griffin
$42.4B
Born
Oct 15, 1968
Age
56
Source of Wealth
Hedge funds
Residence
Miami, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Divorced
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University
- Ken Griffin founded and runs Citadel, a Miami-based hedge fund firm that manages $63 billion in assets.
- Griffin founded Citadel in 1990 but first began trading from his Harvard dorm in 1987. He put a satellite dish on the roof to get real-time stock quotes.
- Citadel Securities, one of Wall Street's biggest market-making firms, is responsible for one of every four stock trades in the U.S.
- Griffin has given some $2.3 billion to philanthropic causes, including $300 million to Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2023; the graduate school of arts and sciences bears his name.
- In January 2024, Griffin said he would pause his support for Harvard, citing its handling of antisemitic incidents on campus.
- The University of Chicago renamed its economics department after Griffin in 2017 after he donated $150 million.
- Griffin's first job was selling Franklin Mint collectibles.
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