Billionaire Hedge Fund Boss Ken Griffin Pays Tokyo Disney Trip For 1,200 Staff And Families

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Hedge fund magnate Ken Griffin footed the bill for over 1,000 employees and their families from Citadel and Citadel Securities to visit Walt Disney Company‘s theme park Disneyland in Tokyo, commemorating the firms’ recent anniversaries.  What Happened: The celebration, held from Oct. 27-29, saw approximately 1,200 attendees, including roughly 300 children, Business Insider reported. They enjoyed access to Walt Disney World Tokyo, complete with live music from Maroon 5 and Calvin Harris.

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00:00 Billionaire hedge fund boss Ken Griffin pays Tokyo Disney trip for 1,200 staff and families.

00:06 Hedge fund magnate Ken Griffin footed the bill for over 1,000 employees and their families

00:10 from Citadel and Citadel Securities to visit Walt Disney Company's theme park Disneyland

00:14 in Tokyo, commemorating the firm's recent anniversaries.

00:19 The celebration, held from October 27th-29th, saw approximately 1,200 attendees, including

00:25 roughly 300 children, Business Insider reported.

00:30 They enjoyed access to Walt Disney World Tokyo, complete with live music from Maroon 5 and

00:34 Calvin Harris.

00:37 Employees flew in from six of the firm's Asia-Pacific offices, namely Hong Kong, Singapore,

00:42 Sydney, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Gurugram.

00:46 Griffin, whose net worth sits at $35.4 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index,

00:52 covered the entire cost of travel, accommodation, meals, entertainment, and even child care.

00:59 During his speech at the anniversary celebration on Saturday, Griffin noted, "Today, the range

01:05 of talent we have brought together is simply astonishing.

01:08 We've created not one, but two firms at the forefront of the industry.

01:13 Together, we have imagined and built the future of finance."

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01:19 (upbeat music)

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