330. Extra: Ray Dalio Full Interview

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🗓️ 9 April 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Stephen Dubner's conversation with the founder and longtime C.E.O. of Bridgewater Associates, recorded for the Freakonomics Radio series “The Secret Life of a C.E.O.”

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner.
0:05.2	You are about to hear a conversation with Ray Dalio, founder and longtime CEO of Bridgewater
0:10.2	Associates, the biggest hedge fund in the world.
0:13.6	Although as you'll hear, there's barely any such thing as a hedge fund anymore at least.
0:17.9	We spoke in October soon after Dalio had published a sort of work life manifesto called
0:24.0	Principles. Dalio appeared in our six-part secret life of a CEO series, which you can find
0:30.0	at Freakonomics.com slash CEOs.
0:32.8	And now we are releasing some of the full interviews as special episodes, like this one.
0:37.6	Hope you enjoy.
0:38.6	Hey, this is Stephen Dubner.
0:42.8	Is that Ray Dalio?
0:43.8	Hey Stephen, the out there is Ray Dalio.
0:46.2	Nice to talk to you and thank you so much for coming in and congratulations on the
0:51.0	book.
0:52.0	Thank you.
0:53.0	So let's begin with literally saying your name and what you do.
0:57.0	I'm Ray Dalio.
0:58.0	I was the founder of Bridgewater Associates.
1:00.7	I'm still a chief investment officer in chairman and right now I'm trying to help other
1:05.9	people be successful without me and in whatever form they want to be successful.
1:11.7	Excellent.
1:12.7	And Principles, the book, Part 1, grew out of a non-book version that you published a
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