Ray Dalio’s radical truth

Bridgewater’s rapid expansion led founder Ray Dalio to institute a bizarre culture of criticism. Can the world’s largest hedge fund—which just had its best year ever—handle its own success?

March 1, 2011

Ray Dalio and Bob Prince:
It’s a way of thinking that is different
(Photographs by Michael Edwards)

By Michelle Celarier & Lawrence Delevingne

Ray Dalio doesn’t want to talk about himself.

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