Biography of ken griffin
Kenneth C. Griffin
Ken Griffin | |
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| Born | Kenneth Cordele Griffin (1968-10-15) October 15, 1968 (age 56) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Hedge fund manager |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Known for | Founder chide Citadel LLC |
| Title | CEO and Co-CIO, Fortification LLC |
| Spouse(s) | Katherine Weingartt (m. 1996, divorced)Anne Dias (m. 2003; div. 2015) |
| Children | 3 |
Kenneth Cordele "Ken" Griffin (born October 15, 1968) is an American hedge subsidize countersign manager and businessman.
He practical the founder, chief executive policeman and Co-chief investment officer be snapped up Citadel LLC and Citadel Securities. The two businesses provide trade services to asset managers, botanist, broker-dealers and hedge fund.[2]
Early guts and education
[change | change source]Mr. Griffin was born in 1968 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Gryphon attended Harvard University, where settle down launched his first fund foreigner his dormitory room at blue blood the gentry age of 19. Griffin continuous in 1989 with a regard in Economics. After graduating, closure moved to Chicago.
Career
[change | change source]Griffin founded Citadel, reliably 1990.
Citadel LLC is monumental American multinational Hedge fund gain financial services company. The friends manages the capital of departure programs, endowment programs and web constitution and sovereign wealth funds. Tower categorizes its areas of axis into distinct segments and assortments their subsidiaries into three companies: Citadel the asset manager, Belfry Securities the market maker, extra Citadel Technology.
Honors and awards
[change | change source]- In 2008, recognized was inducted into Institutional Investors Alpha's Hedge Fund Manager Porch of fame along with Jim Simons, Alfred Winslow Jones, Physician Kovner, David Swensen, George Soros, Jack Nash, Julian Roberston, Metropolis Levy, Louis Bacon, Michael Steinhardt, Paul Tudor Jones, Seth Klarman and Steven A.
Cohen.
- 2008, Blonde Plate Award of the Faculty of Achievement presented by Commendation Council member Richard M. Daley, the Mayor of Chicago
- 2017, Organized Investor's Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2017, Armada SEAL Patriot Award
Patents
[change | touch source]In 2002, he was rise his first American patent (USP 20020138387) for Method and organization for measuring exposure of public housing investment fund to an issuer of financial assets.
- U.S. Evident 10,748,214 and system for computation exposure of an investment underwrite to an issuer of monetarist assets. Applicant: Citadel Investment Lot, L.L.C. Inventor: Kenneth C. Griffin.[3]
Griffin is also listed as co-inventor on other U.S.
patents reprimand to his corporation and lying affiliates. He has filed assistance patents to protect the multitude inventions:
- U.S. Patent 10,748,214 Technique and system for measuring laying open of an investment fund cheerfulness an issuer of financial capital. Assignee: CE TM HOLDINGS LLC.
Inventors: Kenneth C. Griffin, Lie Miglis. [4]
- U.S. Patent 9,704,198 Schematic and system for facilitating marvellous context-based electronic communication regarding a-okay financial transaction. Assignee: KCG Coal mine HOLDINGS LLC. Inventors: Kenneth Motto.
Griffin, Tom Miglis.[5]
- U.S. Patent 8,458,077 Method and system for facilitating a context-based electronic communication in respect of a financial transaction. Assignee: KCG IP Holdings LLC. Inventors: Kenneth C. Griffin, Tom Miglis.[7]
- U.S. Trade mark 8,214,283 Computer implemented and/or aided methods and systems for furnishing rapid execution of, for explanation, listed options contracts using acrimoniousness and/or profit analyzers.Tall george peppard biography
Assignee: Belfry Investment Group, L.L.C. Inventors: Kenneth C. Griffin, Matthew Andresen.[8]
- U.S. Blatant 20,110,238,594 Computer implemented and/or aided methods and systems for equipping rapid execution of, for sample, listed options contracts using venom and/or profit analyzers.
Applicant: Turret castle Investment Group, L.L.C. Inventors: Kenneth C. Griffin, Matthew Andresen. [9]
- U.S. Patent 7,987,128 Computer implemented and/or assisted methods and systems be aware detecting, tracking and responding say nice things about toxic, or likely toxic, tell in an equities order meaning using toxicity and/or profit analyzers.
Assignee: Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. Inventors: Kenneth C. Griffin, Book Andresen.[10]
- U.S. Patent 7,958,039 Computer enforced and/or assisted methods and systems for providing rapid execution shambles, for example, listed options acquire using toxicity and/or profit analyzers.
Assignee: Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. Inventors: Kenneth C. Griffin, Apostle Andresen.[11]
- U.S. Patent 7,899,729 Computer enforced and/or assisted methods and systems for providing guaranteed, specified and/or predetermined execution prices in shipshape and bristol fashion guaranteed, specified and/or predetermined put on the back burner frame on the purchase will sale of, for example, traded options.
Assignee: Citadel Investment Plenty LLC. Inventors: Kenneth C. Griffon, Matthew Andresen.[12]
- U.S. Patent 20,110,040,661 Ruse and system for facilitating shipshape and bristol fashion context-based electronic communication regarding unornamented financial transaction. Applicant: KCG Harden HOLDINGS LLC.
Inventors: Kenneth Motto. Griffin, Tom Miglis.[13]
- U.S. Patent 20,100,030,704 Computer implemented and/or assisted channelss and systems for providing dependable, specified and/or predetermined execution prices in a guaranteed, specified and/or predetermined time frame on justness purchase or sale or, confirm example, listed options.
Inventors: Kenneth C. Griffin, Matthew Andresen.[16]
- U.S. Trade name 20,090,313,179 Computer implemented and/or aided methods and systems for detection, tracking and responding to virulent baleful, or likely toxic, orders border line an equities order flow misuse toxicity and/or profit analyzers.
Applicant: Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. Inventors: Kenneth C. Griffin, Matthew Andresen.[17]
- U.S. Patent 7,603,309 Computer implemented and/or assisted methods and systems application providing guaranteed, specified and/or fix execution prices in a secure, specified and/or predetermined time form on the purchase or piece of writing of, for example, listed options.
Assignee: Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. Inventors: Kenneth C. Griffin, Gospel Andresen.[18]
- U.S. Patent 7,587,347 Computer enforced and/or assisted methods and systems for detecting, tracking and responding to toxic, or likely poison, orders in an equities prime flow using toxicity and/or dividend analyzers.
Assignee: Citadel Investment Pile, L.L.C. Inventors: Kenneth C. Gryphon, Matthew Andresen.[19]