Ken Griffin
Founder & CEO, Citadel LLC
$45.97B
$1.5B (3.4%)
as of 11/07/24
About Ken Griffin
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.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Hedge fundsResidence
Miami, FloridaMarital status
DivorcedBirth date
10/15/68 (age 56)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard UniversitySelf-made
self-madeKen Griffin’s fortune is worth
766K
troy ounces of gold
707K
median U.S. household
460K
median U.S. income
0.919%
U.S. credit card volume
0.184%
GDP of the United States
0.135%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Griffin's first job was selling Franklin Mint collectibles.
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