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title: "Goldman Sachs CTO switches to hedge fund Castle Investment"
description: "Another senior executive from Wall Street has moved to Citadel Investments, this time it is Atte Lahtiranta, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Goldman Sachs. He will join Ken Griffin's hedge fund "
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/212114654.md"
published_at: "2024-08-21T06:26:04.000Z"
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# Goldman Sachs CTO switches to hedge fund Castle Investment

> Another senior executive from Wall Street has moved to Citadel Investments, this time it is Atte Lahtiranta, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Goldman Sachs. He will join Ken Griffin's hedge fund Citadel, responsible for managing the core engineering team and focusing on technology to support trading and risk functions. Ken Griffin believes that positions like this are attracting attention from senior executives at large investment firms. He mentioned at the Milken Institute Global Conference in May that the focus on artificial intelligence has increased the importance of roles such as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Citadel Investments and its competitors have been using generous returns to attract top talent in the industry, leading to increasingly higher salaries for many positions. Citadel Investments has always been a popular destination for former Goldman Sachs employees to switch to. Key investment, operational, and administrative positions at the hedge fund are held by former senior executives from Goldman Sachs, such as Pablo Salame, who used to head the trading division at Goldman Sachs

According to Zhitong Finance APP, another senior executive from Wall Street has moved to Citadel Investment Group, this time it is Atte Lahtiranta, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Goldman Sachs. He will join Ken Griffin's hedge fund Citadel, responsible for managing the core engineering team and focusing on technology to support trading and risk functions.

Ken Griffin believes that such positions are attracting attention from senior executives at large investment firms. He mentioned at the Milken Institute Global Conference in May that the focus on artificial intelligence has increased the importance of positions such as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Citadel Investment Group and its competitors have been using lucrative returns to attract top talents in the industry, leading to increasingly high salaries for many positions.

Citadel Investment Group has always been a popular destination for former Goldman Sachs employees to switch to. Key investment, operational, and administrative positions at the hedge fund are held by former senior executives from Goldman Sachs, such as Pablo Salame who used to head Goldman Sachs' trading division

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