Who Is Hedge Fund Billionaire Ken Griffin? After a stunning association with Chelsea FC, hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin’s net worth is in demand.
Ken Griffin is a hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, and investor from the United States. Citadel LLC’s current Chief Operating Officer is him.
According to reports, the Chicago Cubs’ owners and Ken Griffin are attempting to purchase Chelsea. Before we go any further, let’s clarify his financial worth and business.
Who Is Hedge Fund Billionaire Ken Griffin? Ken Griffin’s Net Worth Is More Than $27.2 Billion
Ken Griffin has a total net worth of $27.2 Billion USD.
According to Si.com, he is capable of providing a huge amount of financial backing for the consortium.
Robinhood's biggest customer of PFOF: Citadel Securities. The market maker, not the hedge fund. Confusing but the same person owns them both.
Citadel Securities : 40% retail investment traffic
Citadel Hedge Fund: 35B asset management
Ken Griffin: 21B networth— Crayon Clown (@JamesCrayon) February 6, 2021
Griffin has ownership of 85% in Citadel LLC, which is the largest market maker in the United States.
Moreover, he is the second richest person in Illinois and the 45th richest person in America.
According to his Citadel biography, he graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in Economics and began trading from his dorm room in 1987.
In 2002, he also established Citadel Securities, which reportedly has over 1600 clients.
As per reports, the businessman has donated $45 million to community programs in cities such as Chicago and Miami.
Also has invested more than $1.3billion for various philanthropic causes, which promote education, medical research and reduce recidivism.
Hedge Fund Billionaire Ken Griffin To Bid For Chelsea
Citadel billionaire Ken Griffin is set to bid for the ownership of Chelsea FC.
The billionaire is about to make a sensational bid for the last years’ UCL winner. The club currently has a brand value of 1.09 billion U.S. dollars.
According to sources, the billionaire is teaming up with the Chicago club owners for landing the Chelsea deal.
The Ricketts family who will partner Griffin says the offer for the club will be made on Friday, March 18, 2022.
The owners of the Chicago Cubs baseball franchise and the hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin have joined forced to form a powerful consortium for Chelsea FC bid. pic.twitter.com/N69rEA8yQa
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) March 16, 2022
Ken Griffin’s Wife And Family Now
Ken Griffin has had two marriages in his life. Katherine Weingartt and Anne Dias-Griffin were his previous marriages.
Wingartt was his first wife, and they were married till 1996. Following that, he married Anne Dias in 2003 and divorced her in 2015.
Aragon Global Management was founded by Dias and he is the CEO. He fathered three children through his two marriages.
Following his divorce from Katherine, he and his wife had a squabble over the children. The children were 6, 4, and 2 years old at the time.
