Ken Griffin

Extracted Attributes

• Gender

  Male

• Education

  Harvard University (BA in Economics)

• Full Name

  Kenneth Cordele Griffin

• Net Worth

  $42.2 billion (as of March 2025)

• Occupation

  Hedge fund manager, Entrepreneur, Investor

• Date of Birth

  1968-10-15

• Place of Birth

  Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.

• Forbes 400 Ranking

  22nd (2024 list)

• Political Affiliation

  Republican/Conservative

• Philanthropic Donations

  Over $2 billion

• Ownership Stake in Citadel LLC

  80%

• World's Richest Person Ranking

  34th (as of March 2025)

Timeline

• Born Kenneth Cordele Griffin in Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1968-10-15

• Began investing from his Harvard dorm room. (Source: Web Search)

  1986

• Launched a small hedge fund. (Source: Web Search)

  1987

• Graduated from Harvard University. (Source: Web Search)

  1989

• Founded Citadel LLC. (Source: Web Search, Wikipedia)

  1990

• Paid $60.5 million for Paul Cezanne's "Curtain, Jug and Fruit Bowl", setting a record price for an Impressionist painting. (Source: Web Search)

  1999

• Bought Jasper Johns's "False Start" painting for $80 million. (Source: Web Search)

  2006

• Paid over $100 million for Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump". (Source: Web Search)

  2020

• Included in Forbes's list of the United States' Most Generous Givers, with reported donations of $1.56 billion. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2023

• Harvard University renamed its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in recognition of his support. (Source: Web Search)

  2023-04

• Ranked 22nd on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2024

• Estimated net worth of $42.2 billion, making him the world's 34th-richest person. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2025-03

• Has donated over $2 billion to various charitable causes, primarily in education, economic mobility, and medical research. (Source: Web Search)

  Ongoing

• Has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to political candidates and causes, usually Republican or conservative in ideology. (Source: Wikipedia)

  Ongoing

• Issued warnings regarding potential damage to U.S. Treasuries and Pax Americana. (Source: Related Documents)

  Ongoing

Kenneth C. Griffin

Kenneth Cordele Griffin (born October 15, 1968) is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder, chief executive officer, co-chief investment officer, and 80% owner of Citadel LLC, a multinational hedge fund. He also owns Citadel Securities, one of the largest market makers in the United States. As of March 2025, Griffin had an estimated net worth of $42.2 billion, making him the world's 34th-richest person. He was ranked 22nd on the 2024 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. He was included in Forbes's 2023 list of the United States' Most Generous Givers, according to which he has donated $1.56 billion to various charitable causes, primarily in education, economic mobility, and medical research. Griffin has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to political candidates and causes, usually Republican or conservative in ideology.

Web Search Results

• Ken Griffin - Citadel - LinkedIn

  ## About Kenneth Griffin is the Founder & CEO of Citadel, one of the world’s leading alternative investment firms, and the Founder & Non-Executive Chairman of Citadel Securities, one of the world’s preeminent market makers. A passionate philanthropist, Ken has donated over $2 billion to advance education, opportunity, and health sciences initiatives that significantly transform people’s lives. [...] # Ken Griffin Founder, CEO, & Co-Chief Investment Officer at Citadel Miami, United States of America N/A connections, 29208 followers [...] Intrigued by finance from a young age, Ken began investing in 1986 from his Harvard dorm room. The following year, he launched a small hedge fund that utilized emerging quantitative analytics to inform investment decision-making. In 1990, he founded Citadel on the belief that extraordinary individuals, equipped with advanced quantitative analytics and powerful software, could unlock opportunities in the world’s capital markets. A commitment to continuous learning, problem-solving, and

• Kenneth C. Griffin - Founder & CEO - Citadel

  Follow Us: Image 2 About ----- Kenneth C. Griffin is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel, one of the world’s leading alternative investment firms. Ken is also the Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Citadel Securities, one of the world’s preeminent market makers. A passionate philanthropist, Ken has donated more than $2 billion to advance education, opportunity, and health sciences initiatives that significantly transform people’s lives. [...] Intrigued by finance from a young age, Ken began investing in 1986 from his Harvard dorm room. The following year, he launched a small hedge fund that utilized emerging quantitative analytics to inform investment decision-making. In 1990, a year after graduating, he founded Citadel. [...] Ken’s decades of philanthropic involvement reflect the same strategic mindset that has contributed to his business success. Now advanced through Griffin Catalyst, Ken’s contributions have expanded access to education at all levels for millions of Americans, transformed research and medical institutions with historic gifts, and strengthened our cultural institutions. Ken’s insights were instrumental in the launch of Operation Warp Speed’s accelerated COVID-19 vaccine development and deployment

• Kenneth C. Griffin - Wikipedia

  | Ken Griffin | | | --- | --- | | Kenneth C. Griffin Headshot Griffin in 2017 | | | Born | Kenneth Cordele Griffin (1968-10-15) October 15, 1968 (age 56) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. | | Education | Harvard University (BA) | | Occupation(s) | Hedge fund manager Entrepreneur Investor | | Years active | 1990–present | | Known for | Founder of Citadel LLC and Citadel Securities | | Title | CEO and co-CIO, Citadel LLC | | Political party | Republican "Republican Party (United States)") | [...] Kenneth C. Griffin Headshot Kenneth Cordele Griffin (born October 15, 1968) is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder, chief executive officer, co-chief investment officer, and 80% owner of Citadel LLC, a multinational hedge fund. He also owns Citadel Securities, one of the largest market makers in the United States. [...] As of March 2025, Griffin had an estimated net worth of $42.2 billion, making him the world's 34th-richest person. He was ranked 22nd on the 2024 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. He was included in Forbes's 2023 list of the United States' Most Generous Givers, according to which he has donated $1.56 billion to various charitable causes, primarily in education, economic mobility, and medical research.

• Ken Griffin - Bloomberg Billionaires Index

  Griffin is an active art collector, paying $60.5 million for Paul Cezanne's "Curtain, Jug and Fruit Bowl" in 1999, then a record price for an Impressionist painting. He bought Jasper Johns's "False Start" painting for $80 million in 2006 from music mogul David Geffen. In 2020, he paid more than $100 million for Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump." [...] Kenneth Cordele Griffin was born and raised in Florida, according to a 2011 profile of him in Chicago Magazine. He attended Harvard University where he majored in economics, graduating in 1989 after three years. [...] Griffin has given more than $2 billion to a number of non-profit organizations including the University of Chicago, Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital and the American Museum of Natural History. The total includes $500 million he's given to Harvard University, which renamed its Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in recognition of his support in April 2023, and $400 million given jointly with David Geffen to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital to enhance cancer

• Billionaire Ken Griffin reveals the 'wake-up moment' in his 20s that ...

  Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin is worth a staggering $42 billion—and he says his success is largely thanks to learning to take risks early in his career. “When you’re in your 20s, what’s your worst-case scenario?” the Citadel CEO advises Gen Z students. [...] Confidence and conviction don’t come easy—especially when you’re just getting started in your career. It’s often sparked by a promotion or a winning pitch. For Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, it all started with the message on a plaque in the office of an early financial backer. The billionaire recently recalled the “wake-up moment” in his 20s that set the tone for his career.

• Gender

  male

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  cowboy

• Date Of Birth

  1/1/1914

• Date Of Death

  1/1/1988

Ken Griffin (1914-1988) was a Western cowboy, leather worker, magician, and author. As a leatherworker, Griffin helped transition leathercraft from strictly a vocation to an accessible hobby through his work and teaching. As a magician, Griffin and his wife performed world wide with The Ken Griffin Show.