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Kenneth C. Griffin

Kenneth C. Griffin

American billionaire hedge fund manager (born 1968)

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    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.

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