Kenneth or Ken Cordele Griffin is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, and investor who was born on October 15, 1968, know his age, biography, net worth, wife, children, education
Citadel LLC, a worldwide hedge fund and the largest market maker in the United States and he is the creator, chief executive officer, co-chief investment officer, and 85 percent owner.
Ken Griffin Biography, Age, Wife, Children, Business, Book, Houses, Salary Net Worth And Chelsea Bid News
Griffin is the second richest person in Illinois and the 45th richest person in the United States, with a net worth of $28 billion. From Citadel LLC, Griffin earned $900 million in 2009, $1.4 billion in 2014 $600 million in 2016, $1.4 billion in 2017, $870 million in 2018, $1.5 billion in 2019, and $1.8 billion in 2020 as his salary. He has written the book, The Lonely Tumbling Waters.
He has spent about $950 million on mansions, condos and land parcels in New York, Chicago, Florida’s Miami Beach and Palm Beach, and in London. He spent a total of $350 million on multiple purchases in Palm Beach and $97 million in Miami Beach and broke the U.S. record when he paid $238 million for a massive Manhattan penthouse at 220 Central Park South and shattered a Chicago mark with a $58 million condo splurge. In Central London, he also spent $122 million on a mansion.
He bought a $43.2 million US constitution copy for his son back in 2021.
Griffin has given tens of millions of dollars to political politicians and organisations, mostly those associated with the Republican Party. He has also contributed to a variety of charity projects, especially those related to education and the arts. He has an art collection worth $800 million and personal properties worth a total of $1 billion.
Quick Details
| Born | Kenneth Cordele Griffin |
| October 15, 1968 (age 53) | |
| Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. | |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
| Occupation | Hedge fund manager |
| Entrepreneur | |
| Investor | |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Known for | Founder of Citadel LLC |
| Title | CEO and Co-CIO, Citadel LLC |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Katherine Weingartt(div. 1996) |
| Anne Dias(m. 2003; div. 2015) | |
| Children | 3 |
Ken Griffin’s Business And Net-Worth
Ken Griffin is the founder and CEO of Citadel, a Chicago-based hedge fund with $39 billion in assets under management. His net-worth is estimated to be $28 billion.
Citadel was created in 1990, although he began trading in 1987 from his Harvard dorm room. To acquire real-time stock quotes, he installed a satellite dish on the roof.
He is the creator of Citadel Securities, one of the largest market-making businesses on Wall Street, which is responsible for one out of every five stock deals in the United States.
During the pandemic, Griffin contributed $45 million to community projects in locations including as Chicago and Miami, as well as funding the State Department’s rescue of 800 American residents from Wuhan.
Griffin has donated $1.3 billion to charitable charities.
The Chelsea Bid
The Ricketts Family and Ken Griffin’s $3 billion Chelsea bid has been revealed. The Ricketts Family and Ken Griffin were expected to present Raine Group with a proposal ‘far in excess of’ $3 billion for Chelsea Football Club.
The terms of the $3 billion proposal have been released, according to Ben Jacobs. The bid sounds excellent and the party completed due diligence in 2018 which might assist speed up the sale.