Over the past two years, Dalio has run the world's most successful hedge fund: His Pure Alpha fund rose by 45% in 2010 and is doing very well this year. Bridgewater currently holds around $125 billion in portfolio assets. Dalio is a macroeconomic strategist who predicted the U.S. housing collapse and subsequent Wall Street bloodbath. For that reason, his analysis of global deleveraging trends continues to attract wide attention.
He rescued the coffee chain. It had record financial results this year. Now the CEO is on a campaign to save the country from its politicians. Here's how he blends capitalism and activism.
