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HOME/PEOPLE/KEN GRIFFIN
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Ken Griffin

ROLE FOUNDER & CEOAT CITADELMENTIONS 8LAST SEEN AUGUST 6, 2026
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Founder and CEO of hedge fund Citadel, one of the most prominent financial figures in the United States.

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m_and_a·Parsers VC·AUGUST 6, 2026

Ken Griffin's Citadel swooped in to acquire its public assets following Situational Awareness's collapse

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mention·20VC·AUGUST 6, 2026

Absolutely right on the trend and remains to date right on the trend. In other words, the data just last week about CapEx absolutely supports his memo. So conceptually right on the trend and then absolutely wrong on portfolio construction. If you accumulate a portfolio of high volatility stocks with 4X leverage, the math makes it clear your probability of getting wiped out once is just very high.

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mention·Newcomer Newsletter·JULY 31, 2026

Many meme-d Citadel's Ken Griffin into the grim reaper of speculative investing.

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mention·Axios Pro Rata·JULY 31, 2026

Sold all of its public equities portfolio to Ken Griffin's Citadel, and reportedly held talks to sell a $3.5 billion Anthropic stake to Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital, but pulled the plug Thursday morning.

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mention·Sourcery·JULY 22, 2026

Zoran Mamdani jumping in the pool... knocking on the glass in front of Ken Griffin's condo. Those viral moments that we've all seen... are key to the strategy.

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06
mention·My First Million·MAY 22, 2026

Ken asked if he would give it to him. Ed talked to Ken, realized he's very unusual and said, you can have it all and I want to invest with you.

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mention·The a16z Show·MAY 20, 2026

Ken is a major philanthropist. Ken has donated hundreds of millions of dollars, particularly to healthcare in New York City, on top of being a major taxpayer and source of tax revenue, on top of being a major employer. And so the new mayor has deliberately targeted him personally to try to force him out.

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mention·Axios Pro Rata·MAY 1, 2026

For those currently in California or New York, it's about lower taxes. 'You're being taken for granted in those jurisdictions.'

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