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Ray Dalio

Ray Dalio

Ray Dalio is an American investor and the founder of Bridgewater Associates, a hedge fund he started in 1975. Bridgewater Associates grew into one of the world's largest hedge funds, managing nearly $160 billion as of 2017. In the early 1980s he consulted for McDonald's on commodity-price risk related to Chicken McNuggets pricing. He authored a set of management guidelines known as 'Principles' that were used at Bridgewater Associates. He has publicly commented on economic and political risks, including US debt pressures and China's AI development strategy.

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United States
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Business
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Record

  • Controversy · September 1, 2023

    Criticism of management culture

    A book and public commentary criticised Dalio's management culture and his 'Principles' at Bridgewater Associates. [1]

Affiliations

  • Bridgewater Associates

    Bridgewater Associates is a hedge fund Dalio founded in 1975 in his two-bedroom New York apartment; it became one of the world's largest hedge funds. [2]

Sources

  1. [1]nypost.com
  2. [2]en.wikipedia.org
  3. [3]Photo: Web Summit / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

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