Kenneth C. Griffin
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Ken Griffin is Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. Founded in 1990 by Mr. Griffin, today Citadel has approximately 750 employees, with offices in Chicago, London, New York, San Francisco and Tokyo. The firm currently manages nearly $11 billion of investment capital in two domestic and two offshore funds. Citadel’s investors include leading endowments, foundations, families of wealth, international money center banks, insurance companies, pension plans and Wall Street firms. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, Mr. Griffin graduated with honors from Harvard College with a B.A. in Economics. While in college, Mr. Griffin was responsible, as general partner, for the investment and trading activities of two limited partnerships engaged in relative value investment and trading strategies. In addition to Mr. Griffin’s responsibilities at Citadel, he is a member of the Boards of Trustees of The Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. He also serves as a Director of The Chicago Public Education Fund and is a member of The Chicago Public Library Foundation Investment Committee and the Harvard Financial Aid Task Force.
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