Fwd: FW: Bridgewater Associates Info Session Thursday November 17th 6PM at the Nassau Inn
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Elizabeth
From: Tamara Thatcher <that...@princeton.edu>
Date: Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Subject: FW: Bridgewater Associates Info Session Thursday November 17th 6PM at the Nassau Inn
To: psych-...@princeton.edu
I’ve been asked to forward the below to all PSY juniors…
From: Zachary Squire [mailto:Zachary...@bwater.com]
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 11:52 AM
To: 'that...@princeton.edu'
Subject: Bridgewater Associates Info Session Thursday November 17th 6PM at the Nassau Inn
Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, is looking to hire our next generation of leaders. We have a long history of finding amazing talent on Princeton’s campus (you can see a list of all the Princetonians currently at Bridgewater at the bottom of this email), and we’re particularly interested in getting to know Math majors (we currently count five Princetonians who studied math in undergrad as colleagues and we’re looking to hire more!). We’re excited to be returning to Princeton to recruit for summer internship positions, and we invite you to get to know us at our Summer Intern Info Session at the Nassau Inn on Thursday, November 17th, at 6PM.
Previous experience or interest in finance isn’t necessary. We are looking for great thinkers with any type of academic background to help build the future of our company. If this sounds like a challenge you’d like to accept, we invite you to come get to know us. We’re looking forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,
Zachary Squire ‘08
Investment Associate
Bridgewater is a different kind of company. We are a leading investment firm – the largest hedge fund in the world – because we have a deep understanding of how the world works. We advise some of the most important people and organizations in the world. People who want to make an impact come to Bridgewater.
We believe in truth at all costs. Our culture of radical honesty and innovation drives unparalleled success. At Bridgewater, the best idea wins – no matter who it comes from. It’s a meritocracy of ideas. From day one, we expect our people to challenge everything – the markets, the company, the status quo, themselves.
POSITIONS WE RECRUIT FOR ON CAMPUS – NO FINANCE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY:
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE
The Investment Associate community is the core of Bridgewater’s intellectual engine for understanding the global financial system and translating this understanding into world class results for the largest and most sophisticated pools of capital in the world. We recruit highly motivated, exceptional individuals with a passion for the markets and investing who possess the creativity, leadership, and conceptual intelligence necessary to ensure we continue to beat global markets.
The IA Experience:
• Best in class macro-economic education through Bridgewater’s Investment Associate training Class, taught by senior researchers, investment strategists and CIOs
• Real impact on Bridgewater and the world through creating groundbreaking, economic research for our clients that is sought after by global policy-makers and the press
• Partner with senior investment leaders to shape Bridgewater's understanding of the global financial system and work on projects that inform our investment decisions
• Deepen your understanding of the fundamentals of economics and investing and learn how economic growth, inflation, central bank policy, and external trade influence each other and impact interest rates, currencies, stock markets, and commodity prices globally
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE
Management Associates are the leaders of the company who are creating, driving and re-defining the Bridgewater of the future. We are looking for big-picture, strategic thinkers who can own a piece of the company - set the vision, design and build out the infrastructure to support it, and lead and develop the people to make it all happen - and who can make immediate impact.
The MA Experience:
• Partnership with Bridgewater’s senior leaders on projects to solve key organizational problems in one of our 16 departments
• Build and deploy a transferable management toolkit for addressing fundamental management challenges such as designing and driving a team to achieve a goal, conducting problem and risk analysis, and managing business projects to completion
• Undergo rapid self-improvement by optimizing your strengths and weaknesses in Bridgewater’s open and honest culture
• Learn and employ Bridgewater’s time-tested, principles-based framework for managing people and organizational problems in the Management Associate training program
TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE
Technology is fundamental to Bridgewater’s mission. Our philosophy of systematic problem solving goes hand in hand with original technology solutions. We have many hard, unsolved problems that require innovation and creativity. Our unique business not only requires the innovation necessary to discover the next great investment idea, but also requires the operational reliability necessary to effectively manage approximately $105 billion in global investments. That’s why we seek the highest caliber technology talent to help us solve those problems.
The TA Experience:
• Work side-by-side with the best minds in investment to catalyze innovation in our technology driven investment processes
• Solve a wide variety of problems ranging from lightning-fast trade processing systems, to cutting-edge data visualization and manipulation tools, to intricate support of Bridgewater’s mission critical investment systems
• Join a community of technologists from across our company who share a passion for technology innovation.
• Build your technology specialty by rotating through different positions which provide you exposure to a variety of technical and business problems and help you determine a discipline such as architecture, development, technology management, or operations and engineering
Princetonians at Bridgewater
At Bridgewater, we look for creative, innovative thinkers to join us in building our understanding of the world. We’ve had a lot of success finding great thinkers at Princeton— there are currently 55 Princeton undergrads at Bridgewater!
Anthony DeLuise '11 (Computer Science); Rugby, International Relations Council (board)
Jacob Loewenstein '11 (German); Tigers for Israel (President), College Republicans (Secretary, Treasurer), Princeton Model Congress (Staff Director)
Shannon Mercer '11 (Politics); Prism (Editor in Chief), Student Volunteers Council
David Walter '11 (Woodrow Wilson School); Press Club (President)
Gregory Burnham '10 (Mathematics); Daily Princetonian (Opinion Columnist), CJL (Student board), Yavneh (President), Math Club, Ultimate Frisbee Team
Matthew de Jonge '10 (Mechanical Eng.); Ivy (Tech Chair)
Cole Morris '10 (WWS); USG, Club Soccer
Mac Steele '10 (Woodrow Wilson School)
Zack Wieder ’10 (Comparative Literature); Princeton University Jazz Ensemble, Avant-Scène (French theater group)
Jacob Bornstein '09 (Woodrow Wilson School)
Angie D'Sa '09 (Woodrow Wilson School); Princeton Water Watch (President)
Srdjan Krstic '09 (Computer Science)
Dan Moulton '09 (Mathematics); Glee Club
Ankur Patel '09 (Woodrow Wilson School)
Kavita Saini '09 (Politics); Daily Princetonian (Editior in Chief)
Alex Schiller '09 (Mathematics); Tower (Vice President)
Phil Stern '09 (Electrical Eng.)
Phil Dobrin '08 (English); Tiger Magazine, Nassau Weekly
Jonathan Fernandez '08 (Religious Studies); Tower (President), College Republicans (President), USG (Communications Director), Annual Giving (Chair)
Aaron Linsky '08 (Engineering); Volleyball
Zachary Squire '08 (Classics); Valedictorian, USG, Honor Committee
Joel Thompson '08 (Physics); Princeton University Band (Treasurer), Princeton Unix Users' Group (President), Espicopal Church at Princeton (Convener), P-Votes (Webmaster)
Brent Besson '07 (Physics); JV Tennis (Captain)
John Hubble '07 (Philosophy); Quadrangle (Moosehead)
Cody May '07 (Philosophy); Princeton Faith and Action (President)
Mark Salzman '07 (Operations Research)
Alex Smith '07 (Philosophy)
Jason Cherry '06 (Economics); JV Tennis, Mock Trial, Table Tennis Team, Brown Co-op
James Egan '06 (Electrical Eng.); Varsity Heavyweight Crew (Captain), Tau Beta Pi
Bobby Guelich '06 (Economics); Varsity Soccer
Karen Karniol-Tambour '06 (Woodrow Wilson School); Daily Princetonian (Opinion Columnist), Global Issues Forum (President)
Brendan Miller '06 (Electrical Eng.); Varsity Swimming
Katharine O'Sullivan '06 (Religious Studies)
Jennifer Pelzel '06 (East Asian Studies); Track Team (Polevault)
Julian Rachlin '06 (Physics)
Leonard Lazar '05 (Woodrow Wilson School); Terrace (President), Koleinu (Music Director), PIPAC (President)
Kimberly Mattson '05 (Operations Research); PORS, Glee Club, Marching Band, Tau beta Pi (VP), Orange Key (Vice Chair), Charter Club (Liquid Assets)
Peter Myers '05 (Mathematics); Sprint Football
Eric Tonkyn '05 (Computer Science)
Tom Zychinski '05 (Electrical Eng.); Orchestra (Chair)
Kerry Reilly '03 (Economics); Clockwork Orange Ultimate Frisbee (Captain)
Marianne (Yip) Love '03 (Economics); BodyHype (Artistic Director)
Clark Thiemann '02 (Politics); Daily Princetonian (Sports Editor), Marching Band (Alumni Coordinator), Campus Club (Secretary)
John Vomacka '02 (Computer Science); Club Soccer (President), Daily Princetonian (Photo Editor)
Maxwell Anderson '01 (History); Class President, Triangle Club, Honor Committee, Agape Christian Fellowship (President)
Robert Dunlop '01 (Operations Research)
Ling Hu-Kramer '01 (Woodrow Wilson School)
Damien Bisserier '00 (Operations Research)
Steve Woolbert '98 (Operations Research)
Joshua Zwick '98 (Economics)
John Edwards '97 (History); Varsity Swimming
Jay Yook '97 (Electrical Eng.)
Russell Farhang '96 (Woodrow Wilson School); WPRB (News Director)
Robert Kurtz '94 (Engineering)
Ravi Srinivasan '93 (Electrical Eng.); Foundation for Student Communication (Managing Editor), Princeton IEEE (President), OA Leader