Ray Dalio is the founder of one of the largest macro hedge fund firm Bridgewater Associates which has approx. US$169 billions today. The company serves institutional clients including pension funds, endowments, foundations, foreign governments and central banks, rather than private investors. Transparency Bridgewater embraces a corporate culture that encourages transparency and the elimination of the decision making hierarchy! For example, excerpts from Wikipedia; Dalio encourages employees to do "whatever it takes to make the company great" and emphasizes transparency and openness in its decision making processes. All meetings are recorded and can be viewed by any employee, as long as the meeting topic is not proprietary. Rolf’s Thoughts Dalio company’s culture, at a glance suit me a lot. I love transparency in speech “in an intelligent and non-egoistical manner”, in expressing what I truly belief and yet constantly accepting constructive comments for things that are beneficial to onself – ......