30-09-2026 22:25 via foxbusiness.com

Ken Griffin doubles down on Florida with record $3B Carnegie Mellon gift

Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is making the largest individual gift in higher education history, donating $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University to expand its Pittsburgh campus and build a new campus in Miami.The Citadel founder and CEO's gift includes $1 billion for Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh campus, including $500 million for its School of Computer Science, which will be renamed the Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science. The remaining $500 million will provide "flexible"
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