Citadel CEO and founder Ken Griffin dominates the financial world.

His firm, Citadel's recent $16 billion record profit, a crowning victory, making it the top-earning hedge fund in history.

I'm Sarah Eisen, and I sit down exclusively with Griffin to hear his thoughts on everything from the markets to artificial intelligence

to the future of education.

Inflation probably comes down over the months ahead.

The negative to this story, again, we're seeing higher prices at the gasoline pump.

And unfortunately, gasoline is one of those things that you buy every week for most American families,

AI, is going to have a very uneven impact across the economy.

In certain areas, for example, call centers, generative AI is going to be transformative.

I think a lot of people are wondering if you're still backing Ron DeSantis.

I don't know what happened in the DeSantis administration in Florida.

The future of America is our children.

It's our kids.

And if we can't educate the next generation of American students to be successful, our country's

over.

Either secure the border or make sure that people who come here can support

their families, find entry-level employment, and build careers.

This is CNBC Leaders with Ken Griffin.

It's been a really good year for the market, particularly with the backdrop of higher real

interest rates.

So if you look at both the yield on the 10-year bond and more importantly, the real yield,

for example in the five-year tips bonds, we've seen again an increase in real rates nominal rates, and yet the stock market's been resilient.

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