Ken Griffin Buys $45M Stegosaurus Skeleton in Record Sale
Billionaire hedge fund owner Ken Griffin just dropped $44.6 million on a Stegosaurus skeleton at a Sotheby’s auction on Wednesday—a record amount for the sale of any fossil in history.
Apex, as the fossil is named, is more than 150 million years old. It measures 11 feet tall, nearly 27 feet long from nose to tail, and is an almost complete skeleton with 254 fossil bone elements.
Griffin, the founder and CEO of Citadel, competed against six bidders for 15 minutes in New York City to win the auction, CNBC reported. People familiar with Griffin’s plans told the network he intends to loan the bones to a U.S. institution.