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🚨 Governor ERUPTS as Ken Griffin’s $51 Billion Citadel Quietly Abandons Chicago for MiamiAfter more than 30 years in Chicago, one of the world’s most powerful hedge funds has left — and they didn’t just move an office. Citadel, founded and led by billionaire Ken Griffin, once employed 1,300 people in the city and even had its name on a 37-story skyscraper. Today, that tower stands mostly empty. The firm has shrunk to just two floors in Chicago while breaking ground on a brand-new permanent headquarters in Miami. Griffin didn’t sugarcoat his reasons: sky-high taxes and Chicago’s crime problem. When Illinois Governor JB Pritzker found out, his reaction was loud, defensive, and shrinking. Now exactly what you’d expect when a state loses a major financial powerhouse. This isn’t just one hedge fund leaving. Finance jobs in Illinois are already down 2.7%. Talent is shifting south. The ecosystem that supported thousands of jobs — restaurants, shops, services — is quietly shrinking. Now the question every Illinois resident should be asking: Is the governor’s anger helping… or is it proof that Springfield still doesn’t understand why companies like Citadel are fleeing? Should Illinois keep raising taxes and ignoring crime, or wake up before more businesses follow Citadel to Florida?Drop your honest take below 👇 and tag friends in Illinois!
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