Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin just made the single biggest donation ever to a U.S. university

Griffin donated $3 billion, mostly for a new campus in Miami, Florida.

Chicago billionaire Ken Griffin speaks at a news conference in Chicago, April 12, 2018. [Photo: Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP]

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.The Pittsburgh-based private research university said the gift is the largest ever single gift to a U.S. university. Other donations topping the billion-dollar mark include $1.8 billion from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University in 2018. And Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, also have been prolific donors, including a $2 billion gift to Oregon Health & Science University in 2025.Griffin’s gift includes $2 billion to build a new 35-acre campus in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood, just north of downtown. The campus is........

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