Karen Karniol-Tambour is Co-Chief Investment Officer at Bridgewater Associates, where she shares responsibility for the firm’s investment strategy. She oversees the development of investment models and client portfolios, including those focused on Asia.
Ms. Karniol-Tambour joined Bridgewater in 2006 as an Investment Associate. In 2013, she became Head of Investment Research, leading more than 150 investment professionals in global market research and the development of systematic trading strategies.
In 2021, she became Co-Chief Investment Officer for Sustainability, overseeing the development of portfolios designed to meet clients’ financial and sustainability objectives. She was appointed Co-Chief Investment Officer in 2023 and joined the firm’s Executive Committee.
Ms. Karniol-Tambour serves on the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Council, the Robin Hood Foundation’s Investment Committee, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’s Financial Sector Advisory Council. She is also a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and an angel investor in technology startups led by women.
Her achievements have been recognised by Fortune Magazine, which named her to its 40 Under 40 list in 2019, and Barron’s, which has included her among the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance for seven consecutive years.
A Canadian citizen, Ms. Karniol-Tambour holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, where she studied under Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman and received the Gale F. Johnston Prize in Public Affairs.