Author: Kenneth C. Griffin

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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.

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.

- Kenneth C. Griffin

The resources at Harvard - its professors, our fellow students, the libraries, its alumni - created for me the opportunity to pursue my passions in finance.

The resources at Harvard - its professors, our fellow students, the libraries, its alumni - created for me the opportunity to pursue my passions in finance.

- Kenneth C. Griffin

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

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

- Kenneth C. Griffin

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

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

- Kenneth C. Griffin

Our financial markets work best when they are competitive, fair, and transparent.

Our financial markets work best when they are competitive, fair, and transparent.

- Kenneth C. Griffin

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

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

- Kenneth C. Griffin

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

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

- Kenneth C. Griffin

So many of the great thought leaders that have shaped economics - Gary Becker, Milton Friedman - what an unbelievable success story they've had in their field.

So many of the great thought leaders that have shaped economics - Gary Becker, Milton Friedman - what an unbelievable success story they've had in their field.

- Kenneth C. Griffin

We don't have a good legal justification for breaking up the banking system. But if I could wave a magic wand, I'd break up the banking system.

We don't have a good legal justification for breaking up the banking system. But if I could wave a magic wand, I'd break up the banking system.

- Kenneth C. Griffin

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