Philanthropy went with him when Ken Griffin left crime and taxes for Miami. A harbinger of the Failed State Victor Davis Hanson wrote of? Mamdani does not welcome Griffin to New York either
"After he left for Miami and took his company with him, he said, “I’ve lived in a failed city-state. I lived in Chicago for 30-some years. I had two colleagues who had bullets fly through their cars. I had 25 bullet holes in the front of my building where I lived. You can’t live in a city awash with violent crime."
"Yesterday, Carnegie Mellon University announced the gift of $3 billion from hedge fund capitalist Ken Griffin. The school said bluntly, “This investment in CMU is the largest-ever gift by an individual in the history of higher education.”
"A billion will go to CMU’s main campus in Pittsburgh, where Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon made their fortunes and built their higher education institutions, which merged in the 1960s. The other $2 billion will go to the city in the background of the above photo of Mister Griffin.
"It’s not Chicago.
"Chicago is where he made his fortune. Instead the money will go to build a campus in Miami, where he fled to escape the violent crime and corrupt politics of Chicago in 2022.
"Politics is why Chicago has this:"
"But will not have this:"
. . . "Since moving Citadel to South Florida, Griffin has given:
$50 million to Baptist Health South Florida, the largest gift in the institution’s history, for research and treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.
$50 million to the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, to support groundbreaking cancer research and compassionate care.
$25 million to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital to support a new, state-of-the-art surgical tower and advance pediatric patient treatments and care." More.
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