Ray Dalio to be honored at the 2024 Peterson Business Award Dinner
On April 4, 2024, Raymond T. Dalio, Founder, CIO Mentor, and Member of the Bridgewater Board, Bridgewater Associates, LP, will be honored as the fourteenth recipient of Greenwich Library’s Peterson Business Award. A global macro investor for more than 50 years, Mr. Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates out of his two-bedroom apartment in NYC and ran it for most of its 47 years, building it into the largest hedge fund in the world. Today he remains an investor and mentor at Bridgewater and serves on its board. He is also the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles: Life and Work, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order, and Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises. The Honorable Ned Lamont, Governor of Connecticut, will present this prestigious award to Mr. Dalio at the Peterson Business Award Dinner which will be held at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Please scroll down to purchase your tickets now.
As the Library’s only major fundraiser, the dinner is vital to maintaining the quality and availability of offerings such as childhood literacy sessions, musical concerts, job search tools, technology training courses, and many other essential services provided free of charge to the community.
The Award was established in 1997 by the Library and the Peterson Foundation to “recognize and honor an individual whose innovative thinking, leadership, and sustained record of achievement has had a profound impact on the national and global economy, and whose words and deeds have demonstrated a commitment to intellectual freedom and open access to information.”
The Peterson Business Award is named in honor of Clementine Lockwood Peterson, whose 1992 bequest of $25 million made possible a new 32,000 square-foot wing at the Greenwich Library. Designed by renowned architect Cesar Pelli, this wing contains expanded business and music collections. Mrs. Peterson’s gift was made in memory of her son, Jonathan, and her husband, J. Whitney Peterson. The Peterson Business Award was conceived in order to celebrate Mrs. Peterson’s extraordinary generosity and to recognize outstanding business leadership.
For more information, contact Jeanne Ronan at (203) 622-7989 or send an e-mail.
Past Honorees & Presenters
2022:
- Chuck Royce, Chairman and Portfolio Manager at Royce & Associates, LP
Presented by the Honorable Gina M. Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
2020:
- Cliff Asness, Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer, AQR Capital Management
Presented by Jonathan Beinner
2018:
- Lawrence R. Ricciardi, Senior Advisor, Jones Day, Lazard Frères & Co., and IBM
Presented by Richard H. Brodhead
2016:
- Barry S. Sternlicht, Starwood Capital Group
Presented by Alan D. Schwartz
2014:
- Robert B. Goergen, Blyth, Inc.
Presented by Dr. Judith Rodin
2012:
- Robert K. Steel, NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic Development
Presented by Walter Isaacson
2010:
- Peter T. Grauer, Bloomberg L.P.
Presented by William B. Harrison, Jr.
2008:
- Indra K. Nooyi, PepsiCo
Presented by Richard C. Levin
2006:
- Thomas J. Neff, Spencer Stuart, U.S.
Presented by Jeffrey R. Immelt
2004:
- Dr. Henry A. McKinnell, Jr., Pfizer Inc.
Presented by Ellen V. Futter
2002:
- William B. Harrison, Jr., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Presented by Lynne V. Cheney
2000:
- Sanford I. Weill, Citigroup
Presented by Robert E. Rubin
1997:
- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., I.B.M. Corporation
Presented by The Honorable Gerald R. Ford