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" Business is business. I don't manufacture cars, but we do manufacture money. "

Kenneth C. Griffin

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" In our first decade, I interviewed about five thousand people in pursuit of the talent that would create our future. As our success grew, we became known across the four corners of finance not just for our outstanding returns, but also for our outstanding people. "

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" Let me be clear: All I really care about is my kids know that their parents love them. "

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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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" The culture of rigorous questioning and open discourse at the University of Chicago has opened minds to ideas that have changed the world. "

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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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