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Organization

Citadel

Alternative investment manager founded by Ken Griffin in 1990.

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Dates
1990 –
Also known as
Citadel LLC

Connections 5

founded by

CEO

people who worked here

  • Gabe Plotkin Primary record 3

    One year, early in his career, years before he founded Melvin.

invested in

  • Melvin Capital 25 Jan 2021 $2B Primary record 34

    With Point72's $750 million, the total was $2.75 billion, for a non-controlling revenue share in Melvin. Citadel, the investment manager, is a separate firm from Citadel Securities, the market maker.

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Timeline 3 dates
  1. 1990 – Citadel
  2. 1990 Ken Griffin founded Citadel
  3. 25 Jan 2021 Citadel invested in Melvin Capital
Proof 5 sources
  1. Testimony of Kenneth C. Griffin before the House Committee on Financial Services, 18 February 2021, House Committee on Financial Services, 18 Feb 2021. Primary record
    My passion for investing led to my founding of Citadel in 1990.
  2. Memorandum on the 18 February 2021 full committee hearing “Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide”, House Committee on Financial Services, 15 Feb 2021. Primary record
    Kenneth C. Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Citadel LLC
  3. Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide (House hearing of 18 February 2021, Serial No. 117-3), U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2022. Primary record
    When I was 23-years-old, I worked at Citadel for 1 year.
    We first invested in Melvin Capital on Monday of the week in question. I want to say that it was the 24th of January. And prior to that, we had had no investment with Melvin Capital.
  4. Citadel, Point72 Back Melvin With $2.75 Billion After Losses, Bloomberg News, 25 Jan 2021. Scholarship & press
    Citadel funds and firm partners will invest $2 billion, while Point72 Asset Management’s investment will be $750 million, the firms said Monday.
  5. Who We Are - Citadel Securities, Citadel Securities. Self-published
    Citadel and Citadel Securities are two separate and distinct financial firms, each focused on a different aspect of today’s markets.
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