What is the full name of Bridgewater Associates?

Bridgewater Funds

The world's number one hedge fund

Bridgewater Fund (Bridgewater) is the world's number one hedge fund. It entered China in March 2016. The company does not manage assets for wealthy people. Its clients are mainly institutional investors, including pension funds, endowment funds, foreign governments and central banks.

Company Culture

At Bridgewater, the most important goals are excellence, accuracy and continuous improvement. They believe that the pursuit of excellence requires following certain principles in both work and interpersonal interactions. They want to find out what exactly is going on and how best to solve it.

Bridgewater attaches great importance to independent thinking and innovation, because independent thinking can bring about a collision of ideas, while innovation requires constant making mistakes. To promote this culture of thinking and innovation, they have created a radically open work environment. In Bridgewater, everyone has the right and obligation to ensure that the work is done well. Therefore, the company encourages every employee to always maintain confidence and humility to find the optimal work path.

Controversies and mistakes are very necessary in the company, because they are the driving force for continuous learning and can maximize the potential of employees. The company requires employees to provide frequent and forthright feedback, including holding "getting to the bottom" meetings to discuss why employees failed to complete tasks, but it does not allow employees to gossip in private. Also, whenever a problem arises, employees must write a memo in a so-called "problem log." The company implements a fully transparent management model. All meetings must be recorded and open to all employees.

This unique culture enables people to give full play to their role, allowing company employees to complete tasks well and maintain good relationships with colleagues and customers.