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Nir Bar Dea

October 29, 2026 · 23 min

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Bridgewater Associates CEO Nir Bar Dea sits down with David Rubenstein for a wide-ranging conversation about the US economy, rising national debt, the dollar and explains how he sees AI reshaping the future of investing. He also reflects on his unconventional path to Wall Street; from struggling in school and spending six years in the IDF to becoming Bridgewater's oldest intern and eventually its CEO. He's on this week's episode of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations. This interview was recorded September 25 in New York.

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