From a Harvard Dorm Room to $90 Billion in Gains -- Citadel's Founding Story and Business Model

This module traces Citadel's origin from Ken Griffin's convertible bond trades in his Harvard dorm room in 1987, through its evolution into the most profitable hedge fund in history with $90.4 billion in cumulative gains. Candidates will understand the multi-strategy, multi-entity structure (Citadel LLC vs. Citadel Securities), the "pod model" architecture, and why this context matters when explaining their motivation to join the firm.