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" There will come a time and place it will be appropriate for us to consider going public. "
Kenneth C. Griffin
Time
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Come
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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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" 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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" 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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" For choice, I prefer not to be a public figure. I don't have Tom Cruise's good looks. I don't have a need to be on the front page of fill-in-the-blank. "
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" The success story at Citadel has been written by a number of people who have backgrounds from the University of Chicago. "
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" If I could wave a magic wand, I'd break up the banking system. "
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" Senator Rubio is uniquely qualified to lead our nation with conviction and courage to tackle the pressing issues of our time, whether it's strengthening our military, ensuring the safety of our people, or lifting the weight of government from our shoulders. "
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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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" Business is business. I don't manufacture cars, but we do manufacture money. "
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" Gambling is entertainment... Financial markets, what one often refers to as speculation, is really the force by which we move capital to the best and highest use. "
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" It is not my belief that we need greater government regulation of hedge funds with respect to the systemic risk they create. "
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" I get very worried that people that are buying bitcoins don't really understand what they're participating in other than the headline stories that it keeps going higher and 'I want to make sure I don't miss this opportunity to make some money.' "
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" The key to our business, it's a lot of research. "
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Our
" 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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Stand
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" We don't have a good legal justification for breaking up the banking system. "
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" It's a winner-take-all world. "
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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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" It's important for me to be No. 1. "
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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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Fail
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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. "
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Fail
Fantasy
I Wish
" I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied. "
Kenneth C. Griffin
Want
Change
Never
" 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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Financial
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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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Good
Day
Decisions
" We think that excellence in investing comes from focus. "
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Investing
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" I am supporting many Republican candidates who embrace the principles and policies set forth in Speaker Ryan's vision and who are committed to moving our country forward on the right path. "
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I Am
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" As Americans, I think we really believe that with the meritocracy that exists in our country, the equality of opportunity is so important to the foundation of our culture and our society. "
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Equality
" 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 have an economics degree from Harvard. "
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Harvard
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" 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. "
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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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