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Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin paid $44.6 million for a Stegosaurus skeleton at Sotheby's auction.
  • Ken Griffin bought a $44.6 million Stegosaurus skeleton, shattering fossil auction records.
  • The Stegosaurus, nicknamed Apex, is among the most complete specimens ever found.
  • Griffin plans to lend Apex to a US institution, continuing his history of significant loans.

Billionaire Ken Griffin has a new record-breaking item for his record-breaking home.

The hedge fund manager paid $44.6 million for a roughly 150 million-year-old mounted Stegosaurus skeleton, nicknamed "Apex."