RaymondDalio(bornAugust8,1949)isanAmericanbillionaireinvestor,hedgefundmanager,andphilanthropist.[3]DalioisthefounderofinvestmentfirmBridgewaterAssociates,oneoftheworld'slargesthedgefunds.[4]AsofJanuary2018,heisoneoftheworld's100wealthiestpeople,accordingtoBloomberg