Founder, Co-Chairman & Co- Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater Associates
Ray Dalio is the founder, co-Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of Bridgewater Associates, a global leader in institutional portfolio management, and the largest and most successful hedge fund in the world with approximately $150 billion in assets under management.
Ray started Bridgewater out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York in 1975 and over the course of its 43-year history has grown it into the 5th most important company in the U.S. according to Fortune Magazine. For his innovative work, Ray has been called the “Steve Jobs of Investing” by aiCIO Magazine and named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine.
Ray is the author of New York Times #1 Bestseller Principles as well as the author of Principles for Success, a distilled and easy-to-read illustrated novel of the bestseller, and Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises. Ray has also published several studies his economic views, including “Why and How Capitalism Needs to be Reformed” and “The Changing World Order.” Both are available on LinkedIn and the latter will be published as a standalone book later this year.
Ray graduated from C.W. Post College and Harvard Business School. He has been married to his wife, Barbara, for 41 years.