Kenneth C. Griffin

Businessman

1968-10-15

Quotes by Kenneth C. Griffin

• Gambling is entertainment... Financial markets, what one often refers to as speculation, is really the force by which we move capital to the best and highest use.

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• 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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• So many of the great thought leaders that have shaped economics - Gary Becker, Milton Friedman - what an unbelievable success story they've had in their field.

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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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• 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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• 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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• One of the great advantages that I had in my career is I started trading 24 hours a day in my early 20s, and I had to learn to delegate to people.

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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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• If I could wave a magic wand, I'd break up the banking system.

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