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Billionaire Ken Griffin Revealed As $44.6m Dinosaur Fossil Buyer

The skeleton, nicknamed Apex, is estimated to be 150 million years old and is the largest stegosaurus ever found, according to the auction house (Credit: AFP)

The buyer who spent a record $44.6 million to buy a stegosaurus fossil at auction was Ken Griffin, CEO of the Citadel hedge fund, according to a person familiar with the acquisition.

The skeleton, nicknamed Apex, is estimated to be 150 million years old and is the largest stegosaurus ever found, according to the auction house.

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