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‘I’ve always felt at home in Singapore,’ says billionaire hedge fund founder Ray Dalio

The founder of Bridgewater, the world’s largest hedge fund, tells executive editor Sumiko Tan that he admires not just Singapore’s physical developments but also the ‘forces’ behind them.

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Mr Ray Dalio, who founded Bridgewater Assosciates in 1975, handed over control of the firm in 2022, but remains on the board and is also chief investment officer mentor.

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In his best-selling book Principles: Life & Work, American billionaire Ray Dalio expounds his two-minute rule.

“You have to give someone an uninterrupted two minutes to explain their thinking before jumping in with your own,” he says. 

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