Hedge Fund CEO Ken Griffin Gives Record $3B to Carnegie Mellon to Build Miami Campus
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.
TL;DR
- Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University.
- This is the largest single gift ever made to a U.S. university.
- The majority of the funds will establish a new Carnegie Mellon campus in Miami.
- The new campus will focus on societal challenges.
- The gift exceeds previous large donations, including $1.8 billion from Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins.