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Ken Griffin

American investor; founder and CEO of Citadel and co-founder of Citadel Securities.

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Also known as
Kenneth C. Griffin, Kenneth Griffin

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founded

  • Citadel 1990 Primary record 1
  • Citadel Securities 2002 co-founder Primary record 1

    Citadel Securities is a market maker; it and Citadel describe themselves as two separate firms.

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  • Game Stopped? hearing witness; CEO of Citadel Primary record 12

    Griffin said in written testimony that Citadel Securities had no role in Robinhood's decision to limit trading.

Timeline 2 dates
  1. 1990 Ken Griffin founded Citadel
  2. 2002 Ken Griffin founded Citadel Securities
Proof 2 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.
    In 2002, my partners and I founded Citadel Securities.
    Testimony of Kenneth C. Griffin Founder and CEO of Citadel and Founder and Principal Shareholder of Citadel Securities Before the Committee on Financial Services United States House of Representatives February 18, 2021
    I want to be perfectly clear: we had no role in Robinhood’s decision to limit trading in GameStop or any other of the “meme” stocks.
  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
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