May 13, 2024 ​ –– Author Rob Copeland on The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has long been a legend in the hedge fund industry, having built Bridgewater Associates into the world’s largest hedge fund firm. New York Times journalist Rob Copeland dispels the image of Dalio as a hedge fund god, revealing that his widely promoted principles and leadership style created a toxic culture within the firm he built and detailing how high-profile leaders were taken in by him. Join the New York Financial Writers’ Association on May 13, when Copeland will discuss how he went about reporting and writing his book The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend. This will be a virtual discussion and will be facilitated by Jordyn Holman, a business reporter for The New York Times. 

Panelist:

Rob Copeland is a finance reporter for the New York Times and the author of New York Times bestseller "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend." He was previously the longtime hedge-fund beat reporter at the Wall Street Journal and has also covered Silicon Valley and the hidden worlds of the wealthy and powerful. His front-page investigations into Bridgewater Associates won a New York Press Club award; he was also awarded an honorable mention twice by the Society of American Business Writers (SABEW) and was named a News Media Alliance "Rising Star" (formerly Top 30 Under 30). He has appeared on ABC’s "Good Morning America," NPR and other major news networks.

Moderator:

Jordyn Holman is a business reporter covering the retail industry and consumerism for The New York Times. She writes about the biggest American retail companies and the consumers who fuel the U.S. economy and her work often touches on the ways companies grapple with race, class and gender within their workforces and consumer bases. She contributes regularly to Marketplace radio. Previously, Jordyn worked at Bloomberg News, where she wrote for Bloomberg Businessweek and made frequent appearances on Bloomberg TV. Her reporting on the Buy Black movement has been recognized by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing and the National Association of Black Journalists. 

When: May 13, 7:00 p.m. (EST)

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