Ken Griffin
American billionaire hedge fund manager (born 1968)
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- Sep 30
Ken Griffin pledges $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon to build 35-acre Miami campus
The donation includes $2 billion for a new technology outpost in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood and $1 billion for Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh campus.
- Aug 1
AI hedge fund Situational Awareness forced to sell $16 billion portfolio to Citadel after chip bets backfire
The fund run by 24-year-old Leopold Aschenbrenner was hit by July's semiconductor sell-off and margin calls, leading to an overnight auction where Ken Griffin's Citadel bought the bulk of the portfolio at a discount.