# Ken Griffin announces record $3 billion donation to Carnegie Mellon

https://mins.news/en/video/84962

- NBC News, 2026-10-03 23:21 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN7S5bMjodE

> Billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist Ken Griffin is announcing a $3 billion gift to Carnegie Mellon University, the largest-ever donation by an individual to a university. Griffin and university President Farnam Jahanian discussed with NBC News what the gift could mean for higher education and its ambitious aims.