Bridgewater Associates

Bridgewater Associates, LP
	Aerial view of the Bridgewater Associates corporate campus in Westport, Connecticut
Company type	Limited partnership
Industry	Finance
Genre	Hedge fund
Founded	1975
Founder	Ray Dalio
Headquarters	Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Nir Bar Dea (CEO)
Products	Pure Alpha; All Weather; Pure Alpha Major Markets; Daily Observations;
AUM	US$125 billion (2023)
Number of employees	c. 1,300 (2023)
Website	bridgewater.com

41°10′20″N 73°21′46″W / 41.17222°N 73.36278°W / 41.17222; -73.36278

Bridgewater Associates, LP (informally known as "Bridgewater")^[5] is an American investment management firm founded by Ray Dalio in 1975. The firm serves institutional clients including pension funds, endowments, foundations, foreign governments, and central banks. As of 2022, Bridgewater has posted the second highest gains of any hedge fund since its inception in 1975.^[6] The firm began as an institutional investment advisory service, graduated to institutional investing, and pioneered the risk parity investment approach in 1996.

In 1981, the company moved its headquarters from New York City to Westport, Connecticut, and currently employs 1,500 employees.^[7]

^ Fortado, Lindsay; Wigglesworth, Robin (December 6, 2019). "Former US Ranger ready to take command at Bridgewater". Financial Times. Nikkei. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
^ "People: Our leadership". Bridgewater Associates. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
^ Mackenzie, Nell; Mandl, Carolina (August 16, 2023). "Bridgewater's flagship fund was bearish on US stocks as rally fizzled". Reuters.
^ Schatzker, Erik (March 1, 2023). "Ray Dalio is out at Bridgewater and the new CEO is cutting jobs and doubling down on A.I.: 'Evolve or die. That's what's happening here'". Fortune. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
^ "Tim Cook and Ray Dalio Among Few US Chiefs Attending China Business Summit". Bloomberg.com. March 23, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
^ Tucker, Hank. "Citadel's $16 Billion Gain in 2022 Makes Ken Griffin's Flagship the Top-Earning Hedge Fund Ever". Forbes. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
^ Goldstein, Matthew; Stevenson, Alexandra (September 8, 2018). "Bridgewater's Ray Dalio Spreads His Gospel of 'Radical Transparency'". DealBook. The New York Times. p. BU1. Retrieved September 8, 2017.

[FinancialTimes2019December6FortadoLindsay-1] Fortado, Lindsay; Wigglesworth, Robin (December 6, 2019). "Former US Ranger ready to take command at Bridgewater". Financial Times. Nikkei. Retrieved December 9, 2019.

[bridgewater-2] "People: Our leadership". Bridgewater Associates. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

[3] Mackenzie, Nell; Mandl, Carolina (August 16, 2023). "Bridgewater's flagship fund was bearish on US stocks as rally fizzled". Reuters.

[4] Schatzker, Erik (March 1, 2023). "Ray Dalio is out at Bridgewater and the new CEO is cutting jobs and doubling down on A.I.: 'Evolve or die. That's what's happening here'". Fortune. Retrieved July 11, 2023.

[5] "Tim Cook and Ray Dalio Among Few US Chiefs Attending China Business Summit". Bloomberg.com. March 23, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.

[6] Tucker, Hank. "Citadel's $16 Billion Gain in 2022 Makes Ken Griffin's Flagship the Top-Earning Hedge Fund Ever". Forbes. Retrieved August 24, 2023.

[NewYorkTimes2018September8GoldsteinMatthew-7] Goldstein, Matthew; Stevenson, Alexandra (September 8, 2018). "Bridgewater's Ray Dalio Spreads His Gospel of 'Radical Transparency'". DealBook. The New York Times. p. BU1. Retrieved September 8, 2017.

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