Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, speaks to the Economic Club of New York at The Plaza Hotel in New York, Nov. 21, 2024.<\/p>\n
Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters<\/p>\n
Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s flagship hedge fund at Citadel climbed double digits in 2025, navigating a volatile year marked by sharp market swings, trade tensions and a late-year rebound in risk assets.<\/p>\n
Citadel’s flagship multistrategy Wellington fund, its largest,\u00a0gained\u00a010.2% in 2025, according to a person familiar with the firm’s returns who asked to remain anonymous as the information is private.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The firm’s tactical trading fund, which blends equities with quantitative strategies, rose 18.6% in 2025, the person said. Citadel’s fundamental equity strategy returned 14.5%, while its global fixed income fund advanced 9.4%.<\/p>\n
Citadel declined to comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The S&P 500<\/a> locked in a 16.4% gain for the year, its third straight double-digit annual advance. That marks an impressive recovery from the\u00a0rout seen in early April<\/a>\u00a0following President Donald Trump’s\u00a0sweeping tariffs announcement<\/a>. At one point, the S&P 500 was even on the cusp of closing in bear market territory.<\/p>\n