Ken Griffin Quotes

“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.”

“The key to our business, it's a lot of research.”

“It's very hard to know you're in a bubble until it's gone.”

“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.”

“Every January 1st, I tell our senior partners that we are entitled to nothing. Those 56 months of profitability represent us outworking and outhustling our competitors.”

“Every organization has two choices. Choice one is to grow. Choice two is to die.”

“Capital markets reward you for what you learn that other people have yet to ascertain.”

“We're subject to the same forces of capitalism that have built the entire American economy.”

“The ability to create same day straight through processing of mutual fund trades is a matter of will.”

“It's a winner-take-all world.”

“The people that give us their capital, they want us to earn a return on it. They want us to outthink, to out-hustle, and to outwork the competition, and when we have a winning idea, they want us to bet on that idea. We're here to win.”

“You should be risk-seeking at this point in your life. This is a great moment to think about pursuing opportunities that present the greatest opportunity to learn and make a difference. You should go for it—right here, right now—because it will become harder to take risks over time as your personal responsibilities increase.”

“My approach to philanthropy is similar to my approach to business: I look to partner with talented leaders and their teams who deliver results and advance solutions that are going to make a real difference in people's lives.”

“I like to think I haven't accomplished yet what I will be remembered for. That this is not a view from the top, but a journey to a destination yet to be determined.”

“If you can't establish what our competitive advantage is going to be, there's no point starting the journey.”

“The line outside the White House of every business arguing why they should be exempt from paying tariffs on what they import into their products is nauseating. We're just going to favor big and connected businesses in America? Is that our country? That's not the American story.”

“Americans want to wear Nikes, not make them. I don't know why we strive to bring back low value-added products to the United States. There's no money in there for anybody.”

“One of the problems with grade inflation in the United States is we're not teaching young Americans what it's like to fall short. Falling short is what happens in business all the time.”