Ray Dalio — Part One: The Pre-Bridgewater Years

This is part one of a ten part series on Ray Dalio (and part of our upcoming ebook on Dalio, which will include much information not available to the public), founder of Bridgewater Associates the world’s largest hedge fund manager. Founded by Dalio during 1975 from his two-bedroom apartment, today Bridgewater manages $169 billion for a wide array of institutional clients, including foreign governments and central banks, corporate and public pension funds. Over its 40-year history, Bridgewater has been recognized as a top-performing manager and an industry innovator. The fund manager was one of the few firms to register a positive…