Kenneth C. Griffin Quotes

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Kenneth C. Griffin

Profession : Businessman

Birth : October 15, 1968

The success story at Citadel has been written by a number of people who have backgrounds from the University of Chicago.

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I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied.

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We don't have a good legal justification for breaking up the banking system. But if I could wave a magic wand, I'd break up the banking system.

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In our first decade, I interviewed about five thousand people in pursuit of the talent that would create our future. As our success grew, we became known across the four corners of finance not just for our outstanding returns, but also for our outstanding people.

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For choice, I prefer not to be a public figure. I don't have Tom Cruise's good looks. I don't have a need to be on the front page of fill-in-the-blank.

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It is often constructive to meet with a candidate for a particular office, but I believe what is most important is the candidate's track record.

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I have known Senator Rubio for a number of years, and he is an inspiring, courageous, and bold leader who embodies the American dream of freedom and equal opportunity for all.

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We think that excellence in investing comes from focus.

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It's important for me to be No. 1.

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I am proud to support the incredible economics department at the University of Chicago.

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I did not forsee a day where the government had to intervene to bail out basically everybody.

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Investors who find the best businesses to put their money behind are rewarded for their research.

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I set up my own trading center in my Cabot dorm room... with my computer, my fax machine, and my telephone.

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I have an economics degree from Harvard.

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There will come a time and place it will be appropriate for us to consider going public.

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I'm the CEO; I'm the one who should be looking out for risk.

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Let me be clear: All I really care about is my kids know that their parents love them.

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Long ago, I had to sort of learn to have a thick skin to read some of the things you read in the papers and to also keep my ego in check when you read some really flattering things in the papers.

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I get very worried that people that are buying bitcoins don't really understand what they're participating in other than the headline stories that it keeps going higher and 'I want to make sure I don't miss this opportunity to make some money.'

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My fantasy is to break up the big banks. I wish we would end 'too big to fail' in our banking system.

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