10 Most Successful Investors in the World

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10. Ken Griffin

Investment Firm: Citadel Investment Group
Net Worth: $7.5 Billion

Ken Griffin started his first hedge fund while a second-year student at Harvard. It was a success, and he managed to survive the 1987 crisis with his funds intact. After graduation, he received $1 million from Frank C. Meyer to invest as he saw fit. According to some, Griffin realized a 70% return on this investment. In 1990 he decided to go into business by himself and started Citadel, with a humble $4.6 million in investment money. It took him just eight years to reach $1 billion in assets under management. Griffin first appeared on the Forbes 400 in 2003 with a net worth of $650 million. Today, he is worth $7.5 Billion. And now, let’s see who else we have in our list of most successful investors in the world.

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