aceHedge fund CEO gives $3bn to Carnegie Mellon University in historic donation
Carnegie Mellon University will receive an unprecedented $3bn donation from the billionaire investor Ken Griffin, making it the largest single donation in the history of US education. Griffin, 57, is the founder and CEO of Citadel, described as the most profitable hedge fund in history. The money is going toward a new Miami campus as well as big investments at the university’s longtime home in Pittsburgh. Part of the funding will be used to develop Carnegie Mellon’s presence in Miami, Florida, where Griffin live…
A $3bn donation will fund a new Miami campus for more than 3,500 students plus nearly 300 faculty and 600 staff, and provide $1bn for Carnegie Mellon's computer science school and financial aid to make attendance more affordable.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-09-30
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