Top Hedge Fund Citadel Founder & Billionaire with $49 Billion Fortune Ken Griffin Paid $18.1 Million for 2 United States Historic Documents at Sotheby’s Auction, 1) $13.7 Million for United States President Abraham Lincoln-Signed Original Copy of 13th Amendment Which Abolished Slavery & Ratified in 1865 and 2) $4.4 Million for President Abraham Lincoln Executive Order Emancipation Proclamation Issued on 1st January 1863 Which Directed All Enslaved People in Secessionist Confederate States to be Freed
2nd July | Hong Kong
Top hedge fund Citadel founder & billionaire with $49 billion fortune Ken Griffin has paid $18.1 million for 2 United States historic documents at an Sotheby’s auction, paying 1) $13.7 million for United States President Abraham Lincoln-signed original copy of the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery & ratified in 1865, and 2) paying $4.4 million for President Abraham Lincoln Executive Order Emancipation Proclamation issued on 1st January 1863 which directed all enslaved people in secessionist confederate states to be freed. In 2024 July, Ken Griffin bought a 150 million year-old dinosaur stegosaurus fossil skeleton nicknamed Apex for $44.6 million in an auction. In 2023 December, Ken Griffin & billionaire & co-founder of Asylum Records with $8.5 billion fortune David Geffen have donated $400 million to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York (United States) to advance cutting-edge cancer research & treatments. Profile – Kenneth C. Griffin is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel, a global alternative investment firm. Ken began trading from his dorm room at Harvard in 1987, installing a satellite dish on the roof to receive real-time stock quotes. 3 years later, he founded Citadel, believing that the integration of exceptional talent, advanced quantitative analytics and leading-edge technology would generate consistent, strong long-term performance.
“ Top Hedge Fund Citadel Founder & Billionaire with $49 Billion Fortune Ken Griffin Paid $18.1 Million for 2 United States Historic Documents at Sotheby’s Auction, 1) $13.7 Million for United States President Abraham Lincoln-Signed Original Copy of 13th Amendment Which Abolished Slavery & Ratified in 1865 and 2) $4.4 Million for President Abraham Lincoln Executive Order Emancipation Proclamation Issued on 1st January 1863 Which Directed All Enslaved People in Secessionist Confederate States to be Freed “
Top Hedge Fund Citadel Principals & Employees Own $9 Billion of Assets in $45 Billion Citadel Wellington Fund Representing 20% of Fund Holdings, Citadel Wellington Fund Reported +25.9% Annualized Returns, Citadel AUM at $64 Billion, Founder Ken Griffin Has Personal Fortune of $43 Billion
24th October 2024 – Top hedge fund Citadel principals & employees own around $9 billion of assets in Citadel Wellington Fund ($45 billion AUM), representing 20% of fund holdings. Citadel Wellington Fund has reported +25.9% annualized returns, and Citadel AUM is currently at $64 billion (1/10/24). Citadel founder & billionaire Ken Griffin has a personal fortune of $43 billion. Kenneth C. Griffin is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel, a global alternative investment firm. Ken began trading from his dorm room at Harvard in 1987, installing a satellite dish on the roof to receive real-time stock quotes. 3 years later, he founded Citadel, believing that the integration of exceptional talent, advanced quantitative analytics and leading-edge technology would generate consistent, strong long-term performance.
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