According to the June issue of Bloomberg Markets, Citadel founder and CEO Kenneth Griffin has ambitions to list his $12 billion hedge fund firm on a stock exchange. This would make it the first US hedge fund firm to go public, according to the article entitled The Secrets of Ken Griffin, in the magazines June issue.
Citing crowding among other issues, Griffin has come to this conclusion based on findings by an extensive research group consisting of more than 72 Ph.D.s, according to reporting by Katherine Burton and Adam Levy. The June edition of Bloomberg Markets will hit newsstands in mid-May.