Raymond Thomas Dalio
Founder & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater Associates
Net worth: $19.1 billion in 2022
Personal Stats
Age : 73 in 2022
Birth: August 1st 1949 in Jackson Heights,Queens, New York City
Source of Wealth: Hedge Funds, Self Made
Citizenship: United States
Education: Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Long Island University
Children: 4
Short Facts:
- In 2017, Dalio published “Principles: Life & Work,” a New York Times bestseller that codifies his principles.
- Founder of the world’s biggest hedge fund firm, Bridgewater Associates, which manages $154 billion
- Dalio grew up in a middle class Long Island neighborhood
- Started investing in the market at age 12
- Dalio has given about $1 billion to philanthropic causes
- Dalio was called the “Steve Jobs of Investing” by aiCIO Magazine and Wired Magazine
His biggest Positions in 2022:
- Procter & Gamble– value $970.17 million – 4,11% of Portfolio
- Johnson& Johnson– value $769.09 million- 3,26% of Portfolio
- iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF– value $751.03 million- 3,18% of Portfolio
- Spdr S&p 500– value $695.37 million- 2,95% of Portfolio
- Coca Cola Co– value $680.73 million- 2,88% of Portfolio
- Ishares Core s&p 500 Etf– value $643.72 million- 2,73% of Portfolio
- Vanguard Ftse Emerging Markets Etf– value $642.75 million- 2,72% of Portfolio
- Pepsico Inc– value $634.80 million- 2,69% of Portfolio
- Costco Wholesale Corp– value $580.46 million- 2,46% of Portfolio
- Wal-mart Stores Inc– value $571.15 million- 2,42% of Portfolio
Awards and honors:
- In 2012 he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubstein
- CNBC listed Principles among the 13 best Business Books of 2017
- Dalio was called the “Steve Jobs of Investing” by aiCIO Magazine and Wired Magazine
Books:
- Principles – Your Guided Journal
- The Changing World order– Hey nations Succeed and Fail
- Principles for Success
- Bid Debt Crises