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Ray Dalio
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Ray Dalio

Entrepreneur · Bridgewater Associates · born August 1, 1949

$14Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes

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Raymond Thomas Dalio is an American billionaire investor and founder of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world's largest hedge funds.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~26Founded Bridgewater Associates1975

Reported wealth

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2025$14BForbes · current
2019$18.4BForbes
February 2018$18.1BForbes

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B. R. Shetty
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B. R. Shetty

Entrepreneur

1942 · India

$2Bolder estimate, as of June 2016 · Forbes

Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty is an Indian-born businessman and former billionaire, the founder and acquirer of a number of companies based in the United Arab Emirates, including Abu Dhabi–based NMC Health, Neopharma, BRS Ventures, and Finablr.

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Sam Mendes
creator

Sam Mendes

Creator

1965 · United Kingdom

Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes is a British filmmaker and stage director. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List.

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George de Hevesy
scientist

George de Hevesy

Scientist

1885–1966 · Hungary

George Charles de Hevesy was a Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate, recognized in 1943 for his key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study chemical processes such as in the metabolism of animals. He also co-discovered the element hafnium.

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Georges Charpak
scientist

Georges Charpak

Scientist

1924–2010 · Poland

Hersz Georges Charpak was a Polish-born French physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992 for his invention of the multiwire proportional chamber.

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Douglas Osheroff
scientist

Douglas Osheroff

Scientist

1945 · United States

Douglas Dean Osheroff is an American physicist known for his work in experimental condensed matter physics, in particular for his co-discovery of superfluidity in Helium-3. For his contributions he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics along with David Lee and Robert C.

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