Billionaire Ken Griffin shares the top traits he looks for when hiring—and warns that schools are failing to prepare applicants

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Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin pointed out how low the success rate is while investing and said one of the attributes that’s needed to work at his hedge fund is knowing how to deal with failure.

During a discussion at the America Business Forum in Miami last week, he said being smart is important but also just “table stakes.”