We are one of the most significant alternative investment managers in the public U.S. corporate credit markets. From 2020 to 2022 we doubled our investment team, expanded into five new strategies and made meaningful investments in research and technology.
The primary products we trade include corporate bonds, convertible bonds, credit default swaps, credit index, bank loans and Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs).
The year our convertible bond strategy was established by our founder and CEO, Ken Griffin
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As of July 2025
We identify and invest in opportunities in debt and equity markets across the globe. Our diversified, market-neutral approach allows us to pursue attractive, risk-adjusted returns across market cycles.
Our investment teams have expertise across a variety of strategies and a deep understanding of corporate issuers. We passionately believe in working together to apply these strengths. Using a rigorous investment process, we actively deploy capital.
Research is an integral part of our approach. We excel in both fundamental and quantitative research, the combination of which allows us to view the markets in differentiated ways.
Our success is driven by the quality of our people. In both our recruitment and our work, uncompromising excellence is our standard. The desire to learn and improve every day is paramount.
We empower our team—a group of individuals with the character, dedication and conviction to pursue the best possible outcomes and welcome the contribution of every individual, regardless of seniority.
Our focus on growth and career advancement is unmatched. We provide opportunities for peer-to-peer collaboration, mentorship, and in-person talent development programs, from technical training and strategy sessions to our Wellness Speaker Series. Our goal is to help our colleagues realize their greatest potential. They have opportunities to achieve more here than they could anywhere else.
We enable our colleagues to realize their ambition to an unparalleled degree. Our investment in recruitment, research and infrastructure empowers our teams to scale their capabilities.
We build world-class investment teams and ensure they have specialist support and tools to benefit from unique insights. For example, our centralized research and engineering teams develop our proprietary technology, while our operations team ensures we get the necessary access to our top counterparties, data partners and trading venues. Every individual focuses on what they do best, leading to better outcomes. Investment professionals can pursue their best ideas and are positioned to take risk across market environments.
Pablo Salame Co-Chief Investment Officer
Pablo Salame is Co-Chief Investment Officer at Citadel. In addition to overseeing the firm’s investment strategies alongside Citadel CEO and Co-CIO Ken Griffin, Pablo leads the firm’s credit strategies as Head of Credit. He also serves on Citadel’s Portfolio Committee.
Prior to joining Citadel in 2019, Pablo held a variety of leadership positions during his more than two decades at Goldman Sachs, most recently serving as Vice Chairman of the firm and Co-Head of Global Markets, a role he held from February 2008 until his departure in 2018. Pablo’s previous roles include Head of European Equities Trading, Co-Head of Global Credit and Global Co-Head of Emerging Market Debt. He also co-chaired the firm’s Partnership Committee and Firmwide Investment Policy Committee. He began his career at Citicorp in Ecuador.
Pablo serves on the advisory boards of the Carney Institute for Brain Science and the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from Brown University.
