Harvard Megadonor Kenneth Griffin Halts Donations in Wake of Antisemitism Concerns

Published on January 31, 2024

Billionaire businessman and investor Kenneth Griffin, who has donated more than half a billion dollars to Harvard University, has said that he will no longer support the school due to its handling of alleged antisemitism. He branded its students “whiny snowflakes.” Mr. Griffin, whose donations to Harvard have reportedly totaled more than $500 million over the years, made the comments at the Managed Funds Association conference in Miami on Jan. 30. The hedge fund manager—who started trading in his Harvard dormitory—said he was pulling the plug on his donations to the school due to how it handled alleged antisemitism in the wake of the Israel-Hamas conflict....

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