Citadel

includes Citadel Securities, Citadel Execution Services

8 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 30, 2021 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 16 times in 12 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Chamath Palihapitiya (8), Jason Calacanis (4), Vlad Tenev (1), Thomas Laffont (1), David Sacks (1), Bill Ackman (1)

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Everything said about Citadel, oldest first

Jan 30, 2021 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Chamath: Citadel handles 47% of payment for order flow volume
“Citadel is responsible for 47% of all the payment for order flow volume. They paid Robinhood almost sixty million dollars in the third quarter.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 30, 2021 ▶ 14:27 E19: Robinhood's GameStop decision: Why did it happen and how can it be prevented in the future?
Jan 30, 2021 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: Citadel bailed out Melvin Capital and Citron Research
“Citadel went in and bailed out Melvin and Citron, and so they're on both sides of this trade.”
David Sacks Jan 30, 2021 ▶ 28:08 E19: Robinhood's GameStop decision: Why did it happen and how can it be prevented in the future?
Nov 20, 2021 positive
Opinion
Palihapitiya: Citadel CEO Ken Griffin is the most sophisticated market participant
“Basically, there is no more sophisticated market participant than Ken Griffin.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 20, 2021 ▶ 51:16 E56: Constitution DAO, Rittenhouse trial coverage, private sector efficiency vs the government
Dec 23, 2021 negative
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: Gabe Plotkin borrowed $2.75B from Citadel and Point72 during GameStop rally
“He had to borrow 2.75 billion dollars from Citadel and .7 just to get through his month.”
David Friedberg Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 26:27 E60: The 2021 Bestie Awards PLUS Jack Dorsey starts the Web3 Wars
Oct 20, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Ken Griffin pressured Harvard to support Israel after $500M in donations
“Citadel's Ken Griffin, who's donated more than a half a billion dollars to Harvard, placed a call last week to the head of Harvard and asked the university to come out in support of Israel.”
Jason Calacanis Oct 20, 2023 ▶ 43:46 E150: Israel/Gaza escalating or not? EU censorship regime, Penn donors revolt, GLP-1 hype cycle
Dec 29, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Citadel returned $7B to investors in 2023
“They returned seven billion dollars to their investors in 23. I think if you go back since 2020, they've returned more than twenty billion.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 29, 2023 ▶ 45:20 E159: The Bestie Awards! Recapping the best and worst of 2023
Aug 9, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Citadel runs $1T in daily exposure on $50B capital
“So I think that Citadel with the fifty billion of capital that investors have given them is probably running a trillion dollars on a daily basis in the markets.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 9, 2024 ▶ 24:16 Yen Carry Trade, Recession odds grow, Buffett cash pile, Google ruled monopoly, Kamala picks Walz
Sep 26, 2024 bearish
Insight
Laffont: Active public stock picking has been a terrible business
“Being an active investor in the public market over 20 years has been a really bad business. We are fighting the machines, first of all, right? So Ken Griffin, Citadel, Renaissance, you know, all of these, you know, quants and algorithms, and that's number one.…”
Thomas Laffont Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 33:47 Thomas Laffont | All-In Summit 2024
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