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

Kenneth C. Griffin

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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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" I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied. "

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" Walk across any of the trading floors - they are full of 29-year-old kids. The capital markets of America are controlled by a bunch of right-out-of-business-school young guys who haven't really seen that much. "

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" Citadel's Capital Market division plays an important role in our nation's financial markets. Our broker-dealer is the largest market maker in options in the United States, executing approximately 30 percent of all equity option trades daily. "

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" Almost all politicians are able to have a great one-on-one meeting. But I'm not interested in the candidate who can have a great meeting. I'm interested in the person who can make the right decisions. "

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" I am proud to support the incredible economics department at the University of Chicago. "

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" I've often thought of successful entrepreneurs as individuals who have just the right expertise - at just the right moment - to solve the emerging problems of their time. "

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" It's important for me to be No. 1. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" If you think about the amount of critical thinking that has come into the field of economics, two universities have dominated the landscape in my life: Chicago and Harvard. "

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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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" If you look at Citadel today, that's really - the founding principle of the firm is a real pursuit of talent, a pursuit of people who have a passion for finance, and a pursuit of individuals who make good decisions day in and day out. "

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