February 26, 2015

Entropy update: Great divorce cases

CNN - Hotels: $160,000 per month. Food: $14,000. Another $2,000 a month for stationery.

Those are just a few of the expenses detailed in recent court filings related to the divorce proceedings of hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin and his wife Anne Dias Griffin...

Dias Griffin has claimed expenses of nearly $1 million per month, saying that's how much she needs to support the couple's three young children, who are all under 10 and have four nannies. The couple has been married since 2003.

Her husband contends that the budget includes "exorbitant expenses" that aren't for the children, but rather to fund his wife's extravagant lifestyle.

The budget includes $300,000 a month for a private jet, $160,000 for vacation accommodations, $60,000 for an office space and professional staff, as well as $14,000 per month for groceries and dining out, according to court filings. griffin monthly budget Ken Griffin's kids are living the good life.

The filing states that Griffin has paid for 100% of the children's needs, except for "her astronomical demand for $450,000 to take a ten-day vacation to St. Barth's during the winter break." He claimed he gave her $45,000 instead.

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