Schooling in the Ownership Society: This hedge-fund "school reformer" is so rich, he donates to the Koch Bros.

Schooling in the Ownership Society: This hedge-fund "school reformer" is so rich, he donates to the Koch Bros.:

This hedge-fund "school reformer" is so rich, he donates to the Koch Bros.

by Mike Klonsky

Griffin is the one on the right

Greg Hinz at Crain's, "Follow the money: Citadel's Ken Griffin and the Illinois GOP," reports on the Chicago hedge-fund billionaire who, possibly illegally, secretly throws millions into Republican political campaigns. Wait, did I say Republican? There are no Republicans in Chicago so Griffin does the next best thing. He writes six-figure checks made out to the Rahm Emanuel campaign fund.


Writes Hinz:

In a fascinating series of events that just now are coming to light, it appears that every single penny the Illinois Republican Party got in the first quarter from other political groups for non-federal elections came courtesy of Ken Griffin, CEO of Chicago hedge fund