Ray Dalio is an American businessman and founder of the investment firm Bridgewater Associates. In 2012, Dalio appeared on the annual Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. He is commonly regarded as perhaps one of the top fund managers globally, with $150+ Billion assets under management for world governments, sovereign wealth funds, and some of the largest pension funds in the world. "If you don't own gold...there is no sensible reason other than you don't know history or you don't know the economics of it" - Ray Dalio