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▶ 79:36 · $BRIDGEWATER-ASSOCIATES · Bertolini chaired Dalio's succession; culture and investor control made operational change nearly impossible
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Invest Like The Best

The CEO Who Cheated Death, Slept an Hour a Night, and Built a Healthcare Empire

2025-08-19 · 4 company · 3 thematic
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mark bertolini

Healthcare executive and investor who previously served as chairman and CEO of Aetna. His work has focused on health insurance, care delivery, and healthcare-system reform.

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“the the the culture is so institutionalized in that organization that causing any changes at the management process level about how we work was really difficult... Near wanted to make the changes as well, but it was just really the the inv…”
—mark bertolini

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