Ray Dalio
Founder & CIO Mentor, Bridgewater Associates
$15.38B
as of 07/12/26
About Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio is the founder of the world's biggest hedge fund firm, Bridgewater Associates, which now manages $92 billion.
Dalio stepped down as CEO in 2017, retired as co-CIO in 2022 and sold off his full stake in the firm by 2025.
Dalio grew up in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood and started playing the markets at age 12, getting tips from golfers for whom he caddied.
In 1975, after earning an MBA from Harvard Business School, he launched Bridgewater from his two-bedroom New York City apartment.
Dalio has given more than $1 billion to philanthropic causes. His Dalio Philanthropies has supported microfinance and public education.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Hedge fundsResidence
Greenwich, ConnecticutMarital status
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08/08/49 (age 76)Number of children
4Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Long Island UniversitySelf-made
self-madeRay Dalio’s fortune is worth
256K
troy ounces of gold
237K
median U.S. household
154K
median U.S. income
0.308%
U.S. credit card volume
0.062%
GDP of the United States
0.045%
United States debt
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In 2017, Dalio published "Principles: Life & Work," a New York Times bestseller that codifies his principles.
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