At a conference in Miami on Tuesday, Griffin expressed deep frustration with the state of American universities, including the disastrous testimony before Congress by the presidents of Harvard, MIT and UPenn.
Griffin, the founder of hedge fund Citadel, said he is no longer supporting Harvard financially but would like that to change.
The donor backlash at Ivy League schools raises questions about the sway wealthy individuals hold over educational institutions.
Just last April, Griffin made a $300 million gift to Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).
Griffin suggested that students at elite schools are “just caught up in the rhetoric of oppressor and oppressee and… just like whiny snowflakes.”The billionaire also reiterated that he won’t hire students who signed an anti-Israel statement issued by Harvard organizations in October.
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New York, Columbia, Miami, microaggressions, Israel