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Ken Griffin gave $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University
Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin’s gift to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) was announced on September 30. The university calls it “more than $3 billion,” the largest individual gift in the history of higher education. The previous record was the $2 billion Phil Knight and his wife gave Oregon Health & Science University in 2025. $2 billion will go to a new campus of about 3,500 students in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood, with the first students expected in 2028. $500 million goes to the School of Computer Science, to be renamed after Kenneth C. Griffin, and $500 million to flexible funding. CMU says AI demands that universities rethink how they educate students.
Sources
- Carnegie Mellon University, “Carnegie Mellon University Announces Historic $3 Billion Gift from Ken Griffin, Pioneering a New Model for Higher Education”, (cmu.edu)
- Carnegie Mellon University, “Griffin’s Landmark Gift Will Shape the Future of Higher Education”, (cmu.edu)
- OHSU, “OHSU Knight Cancer Institute receives record $2 billion commitment from Phil and Penny Knight”, (news.ohsu.edu)
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