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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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" In our firm's earliest days, our understanding of the power of great software engineering and quantitative analytics helped Citadel stand out. "

Kenneth C. Griffin

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Power

" It is my hope that visitors, artists, and students from around the world will experience all that MoMA has to offer for generations to come. "

" The success story at Citadel has been written by a number of people who have backgrounds from the University of Chicago. "

" 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. "

" It's a winner-take-all world. "

Kenneth C. Griffin

World

" My fantasy is to break up the big banks. I wish we would end 'too big to fail' in our banking system. "

" Investors who find the best businesses to put their money behind are rewarded for their research. "

" 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. "

" The idea that the largest banks in the world would simultaneously fail, need government support, government guarantees, and/or government intervention to survive was not in my range of realistic scenarios. "

" 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. "

" There will come a time and place it will be appropriate for us to consider going public. "

" I did not forsee a day where the government had to intervene to bail out basically everybody. "

" Those who have enjoyed the benefits of our system more than ever now owe a duty to protect the system that has created the greatest nation on this planet. "

" I have known Senator Rubio for a number of years, and he is an inspiring, courageous, and bold leader who embodies the American dream of freedom and equal opportunity for all. "

" I don't feel I'm at liberty to speak about the actions of any one CEO. That's not fair; given CEOs have duties to their shareholders. "

" 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. "

" It drives people nuts that I take them to McDonald's all the time. "

" As an industry, we have a responsibility to manage risk in a way that is prudent. "

" I set up my own trading center in my Cabot dorm room... with my computer, my fax machine, and my telephone. "

Kenneth C. Griffin

Own

Telephone

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We're going through a period of retrenchment as the dynamics of the playing field are changing. "

" 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. "

" Blockchain's a very interesting technology that will have some very profound applications for society over the years to come. "

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

" 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. "