As head of safety, Comey reported to Dalio’s longtime deputy Greg Jensen, who appeared desperate to show that he took the safety of Bridgewater’s secrets and techniques as critically as Dalio. With little proof of precise offending conduct to snuff out, they created their very own. Comey helped give you a plan to depart a binder, clearly labeled as Jensen’s, unattended within the Bridgewater workplaces. It labored like a allure. Comey watched as a low-ranked Bridgewater worker stumbled upon the binder and started to peruse it. Jensen and Comey put the worker on trial, discovered him responsible, and fired him, with Dalio’s approval.
Throughout and after Comey’s period at Bridgewater, tens of 1000’s of hours of the agency’s inner deliberations, arguments and trials have been uploaded into what was known as the “Transparency Library” and out there for playback for all on the agency.
Lordy, there was a lot to look at.
Little question Comey’s most notorious inner case was his prosecution of Bridgewater co-chief govt officer, Eileen Murray, who stood out like a pimple in Bridgewater’s blue-blooded govt suite. She’d grown up in a housing challenge in Queens, not often wore skirts, by no means married, by no means had kids, and talked often about her canine. A former Morgan Stanley govt, she despatched emails off the cuff, all lowercase, with typos, suggesting she was too busy to present something her full consideration.
The proximate explanation for Murray’s lesson within the software of The Rules was innocuous sufficient. A job candidate talked about to a Bridgewater govt that he was accustomed to the hedge fund’s head of accounting, Perry Poulos, one in all Murray’s hires. The job candidate evinced shock—didn’t they know Poulos had been fired from Morgan Stanley?
Comey grabbed a former FBI agent on the Bridgewater workers and went to intercept the unsuspecting Poulos. The duo pulled him right into a convention room with out warning.
“Hello, guys,” Poulos stated.
“We simply need to know, is there something in your background we should always find out about?” Comey responded.
“I had some issues there, nevertheless it’s all cleared up now.”
“You wouldn’t thoughts if we ask a couple of questions and look somewhat extra?”
There’s actually nothing to search out, Poulos stated. Go forward.
He exited the room, coronary heart racing, and shortly discovered Murray. She knew, as he did, that he had been let go from Morgan Stanley after questions have been raised about his bills. However Murray sensed a bigger goal at play. “It’s not you,” she informed Poulos. “It’s me. They’re attempting to get to me.”
Comey known as in Poulos for one more interview.
“Did you speak to anybody about this?” Comey requested.
“No.”
“Are you certain?”
“No, I haven’t talked to anybody.”
“You reside with Eileen, don’t you?”
Understanding Bridgewater’s popularity for intimate relationships, Poulos assumed Comey was sniffing for a romantic angle. Through the week, Poulos stated, he typically spent the night at Murray’s place, in separate bedrooms.
“Even that night, after we spoke, you didn’t speak to her?” Comey requested.
“I don’t bear in mind saying something specifically.”
