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☆ Martha Stewart could function on 3 hours of sleep as she built her business empire
  + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Martha Stewart started her catering business in 1973 from her basement in Westport, Connecticut. Her former catering staff said Stewart could function on three hours of sleep. AdvertisementBefore she became a cookbook author , a business mogul, and the first self-made female billionaire in America , Martha Stewart was a caterer. Stewart in her kitchen in 1976, where she launched her catering business. AdvertisementStewart, now 82, said at a recent MasterClass event that she still wakes up "really, really early" — as soon as the sun rises.
Persons: Martha Stewart, Stewart, —, Alexis, Susan Wood, Martha, Carla Hall, Louise Felix, Felix, Dolly Parton, Parton, I've, it's Organizations: Service, CNN, Wall Street, Westport News, Revlon, Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art Locations: Westport , Connecticut, America, Connecticut, Westport, Turkey, Fairfield County, New York City, Bedford , New York
☆ Bridgewater is launching a machine learning-powered macro fund this summer. Here's how it works.
  + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
But the rest, from idea generation to testing and the models used to make trades, will all be developed through AI and machine learning. Sekhon came to Bridgewater in 2018 after a life in academia, where he taught machine learning at Harvard, UC Berkeley, Yale. Sekhon applies machine learning to analyze Bridgewater's reams of data from the past to predict what will happen in the future. At AIA Labs, much of the work is focused on combining statistical models with language models. And now, AI language models have progressed to the point where humans can interrogate and probe them, much in the same way people talk to each other through language, Sekhon said.
Persons: Bridgewater's, Greg Jensen, It's, Jensen, we've, " Jensen, Bridgewater, Jasjeet Sekhon, Sekhon, Jas Organizations: Artificial Investment, AIA, Bridgewater, AIA Labs, Harvard, UC Berkeley, Yale Locations: Bridgewater, Westport , Connecticut
☆ Private Debt Was Supposed to Collapse When Rates Rose. Instead It Is Everywhere.
  + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Jon Sindreu | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Private-equity firms such as Blackstone are increasingly expanding into private debt. Photo: Jose A. Alvarado Jr. for The Wall Street JournalWall Street’s doom-mongers spent years warning that private lenders would be the next bubble to burst when central banks tightened policy. Instead, the funds are becoming even more ubiquitous as companies scramble to refinance debt in a higher interest-rate environment. The Westport, Conn.-based company operates 450 veterinary clinics and hospitals across the U.S. and has been owned by private-equity giant KKR since 2018. It has been a successful acquisition, but the company is facing a wall of debt maturities that can only be refinanced at higher cost.
Persons: Blackstone, Jose A, Alvarado Jr, mongers Organizations: Wall, Care Centers, The, KKR, Blue Locations: The Westport, Conn
☆ Billionaire Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio says he's focusing on running his family office, not returning to run the world's largest hedge fund
  + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ray Dalio says he's not plotting a comeback to Bridgewater, the fund he founded in 1975. Speaking at a Greenwich conference Tuesday, Dalio denied a New York Times report saying he might return. He said he will focus on running his family office and mentoring Bridgewater's leadership team. Dalio is building out his family office with a new office in Abu Dhabi and hiring in its other hubs in the US and Singapore, according to Bloomberg. The world's largest hedge fund is now being run by Nir Bar Dea, who has already shaken up the firm with a restructure and layoffs.
Persons: Ray Dalio, he's, Dalio, —, Mark Baumgartner, Rob Copeland, Nir Bar Dea Organizations: Bridgewater, New York Times, Service, Bridgewater Associates, Carnegie, Greenwich Economic, Times, Wall Street, New York Post, Bloomberg Locations: Greenwich, China, Westport , Connecticut, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Bridgewater
☆ Bridgewater's tech chief is leaving the hedge fund giant for Microsoft to focus on the 'relentless tide of cyber threats'
  + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
He told Insider he's making the move to help combat cybersecurity on a broader scale. Igor Tsyganskiy, chief technology officer and president, is leaving the world's largest hedge fund after seven years, Insider has learned. Prior to Bridgewater, Tsyganskiy ran database.com, a division of Salesforce.com, and was the cofounder of Tealeaf Technologies, which was sold to IBM. Bell recently told Insider that AI would give Microsoft the upper hand to "finally turn the tables on the attackers." "Basically, end-to-end strategy on how Microsoft approaches the cybersecurity sector is my job," Tsyganskiy told Insider.
Persons: Igor Tsyganskiy, Tsyganskiy, Greg Jensen, Bridgewater's, Oliver Radwan, Kevin Brennan, Ray Dalio, Nir Bar Dea, Bridgewater, Charlie Bell, Bell Organizations: Bridgewater, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Tealeaf Technologies, IBM, Web Services Locations: Bridgewater, Bay Area, Connecticut, Westport , Connecticut, Salesforce.com
☆ Job cuts, a sole CEO, and AI bets: How Bridgewater is shaking itself up after the Ray Dalio era
  + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Rebecca Ungarino | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
The firm's CEO, Nir Bar Dea, said in a memo that it would lay off employees and restructure. Bar Dea had been a rising star at Bridgewater, which has transitioned leadership in recent years. Former co-CEO Mark Bertolini is also stepping out of the role and returning to Bridgewater's board as an independent director, leaving Bar Dea as sole CEO. "Over time, we expect this platform to produce the next round of growth in the business," Bar Dea wrote. 'Finding a home'As far as high finance executives go, Bar Dea has an unexpected background.
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