A Conversation with Citadel CEO Ken Griffin | Milken Institute Global Conference 2024

Kenneth C. Griffin is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel, one of the world’s leading alternative investment firms. Ken is also the Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Citadel Securities, one of the world’s preeminent market makers. A passionate philanthropist, Ken has donated more than $2 billion to advance education, opportunity, and health sciences initiatives that significantly transform people’s lives.

Sara Eisen is co-anchor of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street”, which broadcasts from Post 9 at the New York Stock Exchange. She is known for her deep expertise in financial markets and the global economy as well as regular news making interviews with some of the most prominent names in the financial world. Previously, Eisen anchored CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” “Squawk on the Street,” “Power Lunch” and “Worldwide Exchange.” She joined CNBC in December 2013 as a correspondent, focusing on the global consumer. Prior to CNBC, Eisen was co-anchor of “Bloomberg Surveillance” as well as a correspondent for Bloomberg Television, where she covered global macroeconomics, policy and business. During that time, she covered the European debt crisis, the tsunami aftermath and Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan. Eisen also hosted the Bloomberg Radio program, “On the Economy.” She is the editor of “Currencies After the Crash: The Uncertain Future of the Global Paper-Based Currency System” published by McGraw-Hill in Jan. 2013. Eisen holds a master’s degree in broadcast journalism with a concentration in business reporting from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Guest
- Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel

Moderator
- Sara Eisen, Anchor, CNBC

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0:00 - Introduction
1:04 - Ken Griffin on macroeconomic perspective
3:33 - Ken Griffin on the Fed and the White House
5:09 - Ken Griffin on AI: should be deflationary
7:12 - Ken Griffin talks about social security
12:10 - What makes the dollar special
14:42 - "I don't care for sanctions"
15:57 - Reacting to crisis from a position of weakness
23:58 - Everyone has a big voice in local policies
26:10 - Florida as an example of what freedom represents