From a shaky Windy City to the steadier Sunshine State, Citadel CEO Ken Griffin revealed the real reason he moved his family and multi-billion-dollar hedge fund to Miami.

"I've lived in a failed city-state. I lived in Chicago for 30-some years. I had two colleagues who had bullets fly through their cars," Griffin told Fox News’ Bret Baier at the America Business Forum on Wednesday.

"I had 25 bullet holes in the front of my building where I lived. You can't live in a city awash [with] violent crime," he continued.

Griffin moved Citadel’s headquarters from Chicago to Miami after nearly three decades in the Windy City. The hedge fund is one of the largest and most successful in the world, managing an estimated $65 billion in assets.

Now, after moving south in 2022, Griffin explained h

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