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    Citadel

    Citadel is an American hedge fund and financial services company. Ken Griffin founded it in 1990 in Chicago. Citadel LLC is legally distinct from the market maker Citadel Securities.

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    Founder, CEO and Co-CIO
    Ken Griffin

    Leadership

    Ken Griffin, Founder, CEO and Co-CIO. Ken Griffin is the founder and chief executive of Citadel. On September 30, 2026, he committed $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, the largest single donation to a US college or university on record. It passed the previous record, Michael Bloomberg's $1.8 billion gift to Johns Hopkins in 2018, by more than a billion dollars.

    Key facts

    Founded
    1990 in Chicago, Illinoissource
    Headquarters
    Miami, Floridasource
    Assets under management
    more than $77 billion as of January 2026source
    Employees (2024)
    3,153source
    Net gains since inception, as of December 2025
    $90.4 billion (LCH Investments estimate)source

    WYDE coverage of Citadel

    WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about Citadel, from Jul 16, 2026 to Jul 18, 2026. Citadel is an investor in 2 stories. The most recent is Visa built stablecoin rails, Wyoming set a giving record, and the EAT Card hit the App Store. Over 60,000 meals..

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