Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record $3B to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus
Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University to establish a new campus in Miami focused on societal challenges. This is the largest single gift ever made to a U.S. university.
Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money for a new campus in Miami focused on societal challenges. The Pittsburgh-based private research university said the gift is the largest ever single gift to a U.S. university. Other donations topping the billion-dollar mark...
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