Picky co-op board picks a tenant
October 22, 2009 09:20AM
Kenneth Griffin, Citadel CEO
Related Companies President Jeff Blau may not have met the standards of the co-op board at 820 Fifth Avenue, but apparently Kenneth Griffin, CEO of Citadel Investment Group, does. Griffin, who has an estimated worth of $3.7 billion and whom Forbes named the 97th richest American, paid just below the fourth-floor unit's $35 million asking price, the New York Post's Jennifer Gould Keil reported. The Upper East Side home, once owned by Tommy Hilfiger, is currently owned by home builder Ara Hovnanian. [Post, last item]
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Anonymous
Jayne Wrightsman calls the all the shots at this place, and since Griffin's wife is a big-time art collector, this got him in the door with good old Jayne!
Comment #1 Posted By: Anonymous 10/23/09