Ken Griffin

“We are extremely excited and bullish about the potential returns from this project,”

“We intend to be here for decades. And he will be here for a few years.”

“I believe Citadel will be a principal player in financial services for far longer than [New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani] will be mayor,”

“How have we ended up with so many 20- and 30-year-olds who actually think socialism is the path to prosperity?”

“You just don’t want to go on the frontal assault. You’re going to lose,”

“Of all the things that this man could have around him, he’s got this cheesy $10 plaque that says, ‘If we’re all going to eat, someone has to sell,’”

“When you’re in your 20s, what’s your worst-case scenario? It’s not that bad. If you’re in your 40s and you go to start a venture, there’s more downside,”

“The entrepreneurs of any moment in time are the people that have the skill set that is relevant to solve the problems of that moment in time,”

“I really deduced that in my 20s, I would take risk in my career. Why not? I have nothing to lose.”

“But how do you get under the radar of your competition? How do you solve a problem with a customer that they’re not paying attention to? You need to think outside of the box in building a startup.”