Ken Griffin

Ken Griffin is an American-born investor, hedge fund manager and entrepreneur. Griffin is the founder and currently the Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer and 85% owner of the Citadel LLC.

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Biography and Early Life

Ken Griffin was born Kenneth Cordele Griffin on day of October 15, in the year 1968. Ken was born in Daytona Beach in Florida in the United States. Not much is known about his family but that his father was a project manager and supplies executive for the General Electronics Company. Ken’s grandmother was an entrepreneur; she owned three farms, a seed business, and inherited an oil business.

Ken Griffin mostly grew up in Boca Raton in Florida; sometimes, he resided in Texas and Wisconsin.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Ken Griffin in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Ken Griffin’s age is 52 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 15 October 1968. Though, he is 6′ 0″ in feet and inches and 183  cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 180  lbs in Pound and 82 kg in Kilograms.

Education

Ken Griffins did his middle school in Boca Raton. Later on, he got admitted to Boca Raton Community High School. He was the president of the math club in his school. When he was in high school, he had run discount mail-order education software out of his bedroom. It was called EDCOM.

In the year 1986, his statement was published as a newspaper article. He had said that in the upcoming years, the market for computer programmers would decrease significantly, and he wishes to be either a lawyer or a businessman.

In the mid of 1986, he got into Harvard University for a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Ken Griffin was initially married to Katherine Weingart. She was his girlfriend since his school days. Their date or year of marriage is still unknown though they got divorced in the year 1996.

In 2002, Griffin’s friend set him up on a blind date with Anne Dias. She is a French- American who graduated from Harvard Business School. She is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of Aragon Global Management. The couple dated for a year and then got married in the year 2003. They had three children.

In the year 2014, the couple filed a divorce petition stating they have irreconcilable differences. They both hold joint custody of their three children and have entered into a prenuptial agreement.

Is Ken Griffin Gay?

If you take a look at his dating history, there are no instances of him dating someone of the same gender as him. Thus, it can be easily said that Ken Griffin is not a gay man and his sexual orientation is straight.

Professional Career

Ken Griffin completed his graduation in the year 1989, then moved to Chicago to work with Frank Meyer. Frank Meyer was the founder of Glenwood Capital Investments. Meyer had allotted Griffin with a capital of 1 million, and Griffin made 70% of it.

In the year 1990, Ken Griffin founded his own company called Citadel LLC with assets under management amounting to 4.6 million dollars, and Frank Meyer also contributed some amount for his company formation. He could only make 43% in the first year and 40 percent in the second year.

In the year 2003, Ken Griffin made it to the Forbes 400 with a net worth of 650 million dollars.

From the year 2003 till the end of 2009, he was the lead investor in Aragon Global Management. A firm founded by his former wife, Anne Dias.

Griffin acquired the Amaranth Advisors in the year 2006 at a steep discount.

From his company Citadel LLC, Ken Griffin earned 900 million dollars in the year 2009, 1.4 billion dollars in 2014, 600 million dollars in 2016, 1.4 billion in 2017, 870 million in 2018, 1.5 billion in 2019, and 1.8 billion in 2020.

Awards

In the year 2008, the Mayor of Chicago, Richard. M. Daley presented Ken Griffin with the Golden Plate Award of the Academy of Achievement.

In the same year, he was given the Institutional Investors Alpha’s Hedge Fund Manager Hall of Fame.

In 2017, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award of Institutional Investor.

Ken Griffin received the Navy SEAL Foundation Patriot Award in 2017.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Ken Griffin in 2021

As of 2021,  Ken Griffin’s net worth is more than $18 billion.

He was called the youngest Self Made individual by Forbes magazine in 2003. As of 2019, Griffin became the 45th richest person in America and the richest man in Illinois.

In the year 2013, he had purchased a 130 million dollar property in Palm Beach in Florida and 3 Carlton Gardens near the Buckingham Palace, which was worth 122 million dollars.

He owns a penthouse which has cost him 238 million dollars. It was one of the costliest purchases in the United States.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

Once in 2015, he had hired Katy Perry and the Maroon 5 to entertain all his employees. He had booked them at his own expense.

In 2019, he had gifted 125 million dollars to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Ken Griffin is one of the most influential businessmen in the world. He might have started his own company with the help from his former working company and today, with his hard work and determination is a billionaire. He is an inspiration to millions.