Kenneth C. Griffin
The success story at Citadel has been written by a number of people who have backgrounds from the University of Chicago.
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.
The key to our business, it's a lot of research.
There will come a time and place it will be appropriate for us to consider going public.
I'm the CEO; I'm the one who should be looking out for risk.
It's a winner-take-all world.
As an industry, we have a responsibility to manage risk in a way that is prudent.
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.
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.
Capital markets reward you for what you learn that other people have yet to ascertain.Collection: People
Every organization has two choices. Choice one is to grow. Choice two is to die. If you decide not to grow, it's a clear-cut message to talented people that it's time to leave.Collection: Cutting
my advice to every student who is trying to make a decision for the years immediately after graduation: take the opportunity that in your mind is the most rewarding, that you are most passionate about and that you find most interesting and save the rest of your life for being risk averse. Whatever you want to do, this is the time to pursue it. Twenty years from now, your freedom to take risks will be limited.Collection: Opportunity
Risk is what you make of it.Collection: Risk
There won't be one, single global market. But there will be global investors.Collection: Investors
We're subject to the same forces of capitalism that have built the entire American economy. Strong returns induce more capital flow, which creates more competitors, and you have to evolve and get better, or you die.Collection: Strong
We all know that great leaders can create great successes.Collection: Leader
Almost all politicians are able to have a great one-on-one meeting. But Im not interested in the candidate who can have a great meeting. Im interested in the person who can make the right decisions.Collection: Decision
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 its created must be regulated. No company has the right to injure people. No company.Collection: Impact
The ability to create same day straight through processing of mutual fund trades is a matter of will.Collection: Matter
We dont have a good legal justification for breaking up the banking system. But if I could wave a magic wand, Id break up the banking system.Collection: Magic
We all know that great leaders can create great successes...success for the Chicago public education fund is to bring great leaders into Chicago's public schools.Collection: School