Ken Griffin is a hedge-fund manager whose net worth is an estimated $8.84 billion. That makes him the richest man in Illinois and one of the richest men in the world.
Source: Bloomberg
Griffin is the CEO of Citadel, a hedge fund founded in 1990 that manages $30 billion in assets. He's also well-known for his philanthropy — in August, for example, he donated $20 million to Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida — but currently, it's his real-estate investments that are making the news.
Source: Bloomberg, Philanthropy News Digest
In January, Griffin bought the penthouse apartment of 220 Central Park South. It's the most expensive real estate transaction in the US.
Source: Business Insider
The luxury apartment takes up floors 50 through 53 and sits on the southern edge of Central Park.
Source: Google Maps, Business Insider
... and is separated from the southern entrance to Central Park by just one street.
Source: Google Street View
Just days prior to his NYC purchase, news also broke of Griffin purchasing a $122 million London mansion at 3 Carlton Gardens. The Wall Street Journal reports that the purchase is one of the most expensive London has ever seen.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Griffin's 200-year-old London pad overlooks St. James Park and includes a gym, a pool, and an underground extension.
Source: Google Street View, Bloomberg
Griffin also holds the record for the Chicago area's priciest real-estate sale: According to the Chicago Tribune, in November 2018, he bought four floors of luxury condo building No. 9 Walton for $58.75 million.
Source: The Chicago Tribune
The building is in the Near North area of Chicago, near the banks of Lake Michigan and in the midst of a thriving restaurant scene on Oak and Rush streets.
The building has been described as Chicago's "number one address" and is about a block away from the Waldorf Astoria.
Source: Crain's Chicago Business
Griffin also holds the real-estate record in Miami: In 2015, he dropped $60 million on two properties — a five-bedroom penthouse and the three-bedroom condo directly below it — in an 18-story condo called Faena House in Miami Beach.
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider
Faena House sits on Miami Beach's widest stretch of white sand. The penthouse has a 70-foot infinity pool on one of its terraces.
Beyond his Miami penthouse, Griffin has also accumulated nearly $250 million of real estate in the Billionaires Row area of Palm Beach, Florida, with intentions of building a mansion.
Notably, Griffin's Palm Beach property is just south of Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago Club.
Source: Palm Beach Daily News
The property reportedly spans more than 12 acres; Griffin has, according to the Real Deal, cleared it to make room for a house that will be longer than a football field.
Source: Palm Beach Daily News, The Real Deal
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