Way to go, Ken !! BY Sharon Donnelly– Palm Beach Daily News In academia, there are the guys who teach economics, theorize economics, write economics and win Nobel Prizes in economics, and then there’s the guy who strides in, slaps a horse gagger on the table and shows what real money is. That guy is Ken...Read More
Read original From The Shiny Sheet Palm Beach resident Ken Griffin today got the official green light to expand slightly the long-and-lean seaside house he wants to build on Billionaires Row, where the hedge-fund billionaire already had earned town approval for a residence stretching more than a football field in length. The house’s main level increased by almost...Read More
It is with great sadness that the PBHFA learns of hedge fund pioneer E. Lee Hennessee-Gradante sudden passing at the age of 64. From the Palm Beach Post She was found in her $1.6 million condo Saturday, but her identity was not immediately released by police. “Lee touched us all in a way that will...Read More
From South Florida Business Journal: By: Brian Bandell A company controlled by hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin took out two mortgages for a combined $114 million on land in Palm Beach that he intends to build a mansion on. JPMorgan Chase Bank awarded the mortgages of $101.25 million and $12.75 million to Blossom Way...Read More
MoMA Receives $40 Million Gift from Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund The Museum of Modern Art announced today that the Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund, a fund created by Citadel Founder and CEO Kenneth Griffin, has made a gift of $40 million to MoMA. The gift is one of the largest that MoMA has received...Read More
From Miami Herald BY NICHOLAS NEHAMAS The buyer who shattered local real estate records by buying a $60 million Miami Beach penthouse late last month is South Florida-born hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin, according to a report in The New York Times. The Times reported that “people familiar with the deal” said Griffin, the founder and...Read More
From The Palm Beach Post By Darrell Hofheinz Has Palm Beach property owner Ken Griffin inked the largest residential sale in U.S. history by paying $200 million for three floors in a New York City condominium? It wouldn’t be out of character for the Chicago billionaire, who runs the Citadel hedge fund. Griffin did something...Read More
