Billionaire Ken Griffin reveals his 2028 preference between Rubio and Vance

July 10, 2026:

Billionaire Ken Griffin reveals his 2028 preference between Rubio and Vance

FOX Business Madison Alworth reports on Citadel CEO Ken Griffin reaffirming plans to move his firm to Miami from New York City, driven by a desire for a state that embraces business on ‘Varney & Co.’

Asked by media figure Andrew Ross Sorkin on Wednesday whether he would back Secretary of State Marco Rubio or Vice President JD Vance in a 2028 Republican presidential primary contest, multibillionaire Ken Griffin indicated that he had backed Rubio in the past and would be predisposed to do so again, Axios reported.

The exchange occurred during an interview at the Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, according to the outlet, which noted that Griffin did not state what he would do to assist Rubio.

Axios reporter Alex Isenstadt noted in the article that in his 2025 book, “Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power,” he reported that Griffin urged then-former President Donald Trump not to pick Vance as his 2024 running mate.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Vice President JD Vance await the arrival of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia to the White House on Nov. 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images / Getty Images)

Griffin supported Rubio when Rubio unsuccessfully sought the GOP presidential nod about a decade ago.

During the last White House election cycle, Griffin shelled out $5 million in donations to a super PAC supporting GOP presidential primary candidate former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, Griffin’s spokesperson noted, The Associated Press reported.

Griffin said after the general election in 2024 that he voted for Trump.

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Ken Griffin, chief executive officer of Citadel Advisors LLC, at the Norges Bank Investment Management annual investment conference in Oslo, Norway, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Carina Johansen/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)

Rubio has indicated that he will not challenge Vance if the vice president throws his hat into the ring for the upcoming presidential race.

“If JD Vance runs for president, he’s going to be our nominee, and I’ll be one of the first people to support him,” Rubio said, according to a 2025 Vanity Fair report.

The founder and CEO of the hedge fund Citadel, Griffin is worth more than $51 billion, according to Forbes.

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U.S. President Donald Trump (C) is joined for a family photo along with U.S. Vice President JD Vance (L), U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Board of Peace representatives during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace at the Institute (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images / Getty Images)

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FOX Business reached out to Citadel on Thursday.

Fox News Digital’s Eric Revell contributed to this report

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