Richard Falkenrath

Richard Falkenrath

Aspen Strategy Group Member, Head of Geopolitics and Chief Security Officer, Bridgewater

Richard is Head of Geopolitics, where he oversees research on the challenges posed by geopolitical conflict to global investors and the sizable impact that government policy can have on economies and markets. Richard joined Bridgewater in 2014 and is a Bridgewater Partner and a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. In 2023 Richard also reprised his role as Chief Security Officer. He was Chief Administrative Officer from 2020 to 2022, a role in which he directed Bridgewater’s operational risk management and administration; managed the firm’s legal, regulatory, security, human resources, and real estate departments; and led Bridgewater’s handling of the COVID pandemic. Preceding his CAO role, Richard was CSO from 2014 to 2019. From 2000 to 2004, Richard was a member of the National Security Council and White House staff, ultimately as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor. He served as Deputy Commissioner for Counterterrorism of the New York City Police Department from 2006 to 2010. Prior to the White House, he was Assistant Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has also been the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Contributing Editor to Bloomberg TV. Outside of Bridgewater, Richard is Senior Fellow for National Security at the Council on Foreign Relations; a member of the Trilateral Commission; a member of the Aspen Strategy Group; and a member of the Mission Committee of the Board of Governors of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.