Bridgewater Associates, LP This website uses cookies. Click here for additional details. By continuing to use this website, you consent to the use of cookies. Close menu Welcome Principles Culture What We Do Technology Innovation Careers Community Contact Clients Welcome Principles Culture What We Do Technology Innovation Careers Community Contact Bridgewater is a community of people who are driven to achieve excellence in their work and their relationships through radical truth and radical transparency. Grounds of Bridgewater headquarters in Westport, CT Radical Truth Radical Transparency Openly and thoughtfully disagreeing on important issues is the most powerful way of creating meaningful work, meaningful relationships, and great outcomes. Bridgewater headquarters in Westport, CT Mount Everest has a Bridgewater moment Principles Culture Our unique success is the direct result of our unique way of being. We want an idea meritocracy in which meaningful work and meaningful relationships are pursued through radical truth and radical transparency. We require people to be extremely open, air disagreements, test each others logic and view discovering mistakes and weaknesses as a good thing that leads to improvement and innovation. It is by continually striving together for the highest levels of truth and excellence that we create meaningful work and meaningful relationships. We are both idealistic and practical. We believe that creating excellent outcomes requires setting ambitious goals and applying our understanding of how the world works, as reflected in principles, to achieve them. Our Principles are ways of dealing with situations. They are the evolving record of our understanding of what works well. Theyre not just read and followed, but stress-tested on an individual and collective level as our shared approach to working together. As Bridgewater is an idea-meritocracy in which we value independent thinking, we urge you to read and assess them for yourself. Company Culture and the Power of Thoughtful Disagreement Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio discusses meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical truth and radical transparency. Learn More About our Principles We believe that producing excellence requires approaching both work and people in a principled way. Above all else, we want to figure out what is true and figure out how best to deal with it. principles.com Culture of Openness Employees share what its like here from radical transparency and principle-based decision-making, to embracing what you dont know and how that drives innovation. What We Do Bridgewater Associates is focused on understanding how the world works. By having the deepest possible understanding of the global economy and financial markets and translating that understanding into great portfolios and meaningful relationships with institutional clients, weve built a distinct track record of success. Weve done this for over 40 years, by having great people operating in a culture of radical truth and radical transparency. Today, we manage about $150 billion for approximately 350 of the largest and most sophisticated institutional clients globally, including public and corporate pension funds, university endowments, charitable foundations, supranational agencies, foreign governments, and central banks. The Research team shares insights at its weekly Whats Going On In the World meeting. Creating Unique Insights Bridgewater has historically focused on building the best possible understanding of global economies and markets. These insights drive our innovation in investment management, inform global economic policy, and deliver performance for our clients. Research Library How the Economic Machine Works Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio explains how the economy works in a simple, mechanical way. economicprinciples.org Client Industry Recognition Bridgewater has been shaping an industry for the past 40 years. Click below to access a collection of press and media about us from major news outlets. Media Archive MEANINGFUL WORK,MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS The mutual trust built from being radically transparent and honest with our thoughts and from pushing each other to continually improve leads to lasting relationships. Technology Innovation We are engineering systems to understand the world. Our philosophy is that the world can be understood, and we strive to build a fundamental, cause-and-effect understanding of markets and management. Technology is crucial to advancing our mission. Our technologists collaborate with our researchers and managers to design, engineer, and run platforms which enable systemization and scale in everything we do. Technology Channel Careers It takes all types to make Bridgewater great. If youre someone who enjoys creating innovative ways to reach ambitious goals, who is open to and energized by receiving honest feedback, and who likes asking and being asked why? then we should talk. We dont just look for people who can do a particular job. We look for people we want to share our lives with. Learn what it's like to work here Inside Bridgewater Explore our jobs Job Center Still a student? Campus Recruiting Community Meaningful relationships are just as important as meaningful work both are required and mutually reinforcing. So we support relationships to help them grow organically, with people having many options for getting involved in the community, if they choose to. For example, we are now home to 87 common interest, support, diversity, and activity groups ranging from sports teams and health and wellness groups to book and car clubs and a community garden. We gather families for our big summer and Halloween parties and have many other celebrations throughout the year, including an annual TalentFest and our unique Scrum race. And we encourage people to get together on their own to do whatever interests them by helping pay for events they organize themselves. The Scrum What began as a challenge between a handful of employees in 2004 is now one of our most beloved traditions. Every year, more than 100 participants take the plunge and race around our headquarters running, swimming, and scrumming their way to the finish line. Bridgewater 40th Anniversary In June 2015, we paused to look back at our evolution over 40 years. During an evening of storytelling and festivities, we reminisced about our past before dancing the night away. View Slideshow Community Outreach Building meaningful relationships through meaningful work is at the heart of who we are. Our community is always exploring ways to come together. From building homes to fundraising for causes to planting community gardens, we encourage our employees to support what they care about. Read More Contact Bridgewater Associates is located in Westport, Connecticut about one hour from New York City. Address One Glendinning PlaceWestport, CT 06880 Phone +1 (203) 226 3030 ©2016 Bridgewater Associates, LP. All Rights Reserved Terms of Use Privacy Policy