Raymond T. Dalio

FOUNDER, Bridgewater Associates, LP

Co-Founder, Dalio Philanthropies and OceanX

RAY DALIO, a global macro investor for more than 50 years, founded Bridgewater Associates out of his two-bedroom apartment in NYC and ran it for most of its 50 years, building it into the largest hedge fund in the world under his leadership. Ray remains an investor and mentor at Bridgewater and serves on its board. He is now in a stage of life in which he wants to pass along and help people learn about principles that have helped him, especially in markets and the economy. He is a long-running New York Times bestselling author of Principles: Life and Work, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order, Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises, and How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle. He graduated with a B.S. in Finance from C.W. Post College in 1971 and received an MBA degree from Harvard Business School in 1973. He has been married to his wife, Barbara, for 46 years and has three grown sons and seven grandchildren. An active philanthropist, he is the Co-Founder of both Dalio Philanthropies and OceanX and a board member of OceanQuest.