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

Kenneth C. Griffin

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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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" 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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" It is incredible to come to work every day surrounded by individuals whose insights and efforts place us at the forefront of finance. "

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

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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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" When a company creates a product that directly or indirectly adversely impacts the health of people, that product must be regulated. The process by which it's created must be regulated. No company has the right to injure people. No company. "

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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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" 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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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" I have an economics degree from Harvard. "

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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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" 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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" Don't act like a bank unless you are a bank. That was a really big lesson learned from 2008. "

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" In some industries, we refer to risk taking as 'research and development.' At financial institutions, we often take risk by investing in securities. "

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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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" 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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