Ken Griffin
- CEO, Citadel
Kenneth C. Griffin is the founder and CEO of Citadel and the founder of Citadel Securities.
Ken founded Citadel in 1990, and today, it is recognized as one of the world’s most profitable hedge funds. The Citadel team has delivered extraordinary results for pension plans, university endowments, hospital systems, foundations, and research institutions that deliver meaningful impact for society, from curing cancer with immunotherapy to making scientific breakthroughs in particle physics.
In 2002, Ken and his partners established Citadel Securities, a leading global market maker. Today, it is one of the world’s largest liquidity providers, serving more than 1,600 institutional clients, and has proven transformative in enhancing competition in capital markets worldwide.
Ken is also a passionate philanthropist. Now advanced through Griffin Catalyst, his decades of philanthropic involvement have expanded access to high-quality education for millions of Americans, transformed research and medical institutions with historic gifts, and strengthened cultural institutions.
