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Ken Griffin’s $3 billion gift exemplifies Florida’s new mindset: from attracting innovation to creating it

Yesterday, Ken Griffin announced a $3 billion gift to Carnegie Mellon University, the largest gift by an individual in the history of American higher education.

For Florida, this is a generational investment in the talent, research, and industries that will shape our economic future. Our ambition is to become the place where the next generation of great American companies is built.

CMU Miami can help those companies take root and grow.

The first phase of Florida’s growth story came from attracting success: convincing businesses and ambitious people from around the country to put down roots here. But the competition for the next generation of companies is intensifying.

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