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The Bridgewater tapes: 12 employees discuss the firm's culture

April 11, 2011   Lawrence Delevingne

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Staffers at the world's largest hedge fund firm sound off on what Bridgewater's principles mean to them.

 

Bridgewater Associates continues to explain its unique culture to the outside world.

Possibly in response to reports in AR and other news outlets that describe a brutal if highly successful work environment, Ray Dalio’s Westport, Conn. firm has posted new video testimonials on its website describing the tenets and merits of its controversial culture and a revised version of Principles, the founder’s document to guide life at the largest hedge fund in the world.

"To help communicate what it’s like here, some of the people who work at Bridgewater describe it in the videos below," Dalio writes by way of introduction on the website. "I am also posting my Principles, which we use, debate and change to agree on how we should be with each other in our pursuit of excellence."


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