American - Businessman | October 15, 1968 -
Blockchain's a very interesting technology that will have some very profound applications for society over the years to come.
Kenneth C. Griffin
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Our financial markets work best when they are competitive, fair, and transparent.
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In our firm's earliest days, our understanding of the power of great software engineering and quantitative analytics helped Citadel stand out.
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The resources at Harvard - its professors, our fellow students, the libraries, its alumni - created for me the opportunity to pursue my passions in finance.
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You can't succeed in the markets today unless you are part of a great team. The team is the essence of how you win.
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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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I had to learn to trust people, and I realized that success was going to be born in hiring really bright people - very self-motivated, very able to make good judgment calls day in and day out.
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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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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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Should we think about separating the investment banks from the commercial banks, a new Glass-Steagall? I would be really excited to see that. I think it would be great for the economy.
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It drives people nuts that I take them to McDonald's all the time.
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When you read that UBS did not even view parts of its mortgage portfolio as having market risk, it becomes very obvious that a number of firms were not dotting the i's and crossing the t's when it comes to risk management.
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