Mamdani wants New York’s billionaires to cough up more money. Maybe he should call Florida and ask how they’re getting them to hand it over voluntarily.
Because Miami just scored a $3 billion pledge from billionaire Ken Griffin, with $2 billion earmarked for a brand new Carnegie Mellon campus in the city, according to Forbes.
The massive commitment represents Griffin’s latest investment in Miami’s evolution into a major center for finance, technology and entrepreneurship. The Citadel founder is directing the bulk of the money toward establishing Carnegie Mellon in South Florida, adding a major research university to the city’s rapidly expanding business ecosystem.
Under the plan announced Wednesday, Carnegie Mellon will develop a 35-acre campus in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. Work on the project is slated to begin in 2027, with the first graduate students expected to arrive in 2028.
Another $1 billion will go toward Carnegie Mellon’s operations in Pittsburgh. That money will support financial aid and other university priorities, while a substantial portion will be directed to its renowned computer science program, which will take the new name Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science.
The university says Griffin’s $3 billion pledge is the largest individual donation ever made to an American university. Griffin is also set to take a seat on Carnegie Mellon’s Board of Trustees.
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