Dalio also discussed the importance of building the relationships in your life. He wrote that those are more important than too much focus the pursuit of graduate degrees. Dalio doesn’t believe you get enough value out of an MBA to justify the cost and delay to your career, but you do learn a lot from starting from the ground up. There is more value in those simple experiences. He also stressed that it is vital tomake sure to keep your connections to the people in your life. Dalio also told a student how to get the most out of their college experience. Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates manages about $160 billion in assets. He started the hedge fund out of his apartment in New York City in 1975. Ray Dalio has a net worth of $14 billion.
