Kenneth Cordele Griffin : American Hedge Fund Manager

Kenneth Cordele Griffin is an American hedge fund manager, business owner, and investor who was born on October 15, 1968.

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He is the organization’s founder, chief executive officer, co-chief investment officer, and 80% owner of global hedge fund Citadel LLC.

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Griffin was listed as the 53rd richest person in the United States on the Forbes 400 list in 2022, with an estimated net worth of $27.2 billion.

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On October 15, 1968, Ken Griffin was born in Daytona Beach, Florida. Griffin ultimately earned a degree from Harvard University.

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In 1990, he then established Citadel LLC, his hedge fund organization. Throughout the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, the business enjoyed tremendous success

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Late in January 2020, while GameStop’s stock price skyrocketed, Robinhood briefly changed the trading restrictions on those meme stocks only to allow SELLing.

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Katherine Weingartt, his high school sweetheart, served as Griffin’s first wife. In 1996, the couple got a divorce So, Griffin and Anne Dias-Griffin met in March 2002 after a mutual acquaintance put them on a blind date.

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He has a net worth of $28 million.

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