Ken Griffin urges Harvard University to embrace 'western values'; Hedge fund founder who has given his alma mater over $500mn pushes back on 'cultural revolution'

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  • Author(s): By:Harriet Agnew in Beverly Hills
  • Source:
    Financial Times (London, England), May 11, 2024 FT.com site, 4pp
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    • Abstract:
      Ken Griffin has called on Harvard University to embrace "western values", with the billionaire hedge fund manager and donor saying the turmoil sweeping across college campuses was the product of a "cultural revolution" in US education. Griffin, who founded the $63bn US hedge fund Citadel and has given more than $500mn to his alma mater, told the Financial Times that the US had "lost sight of education as the means of pursuing truth and acquiring knowledge" over the past decade...