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that as a friend.) I further appreciate Arianna Huffington, Tony
Robbins, Norm Rosenthal, and Kristina Nikolova for taking
the time to read the book and provide valuable suggestions.

Those who enabled me most on a daily basis were “Ray’s

Angels” (Marilyn Caufield, Petra Koegel, Kristy Merola, and
Christina Drossakis), “Ray’s Leveragers” (Zack Wieder, Dave
Alpert, Jen Gonyo, and Andrew Sternlight—and past
leveragers Elise Waxenberg, David Manners-Weber, and John
Woody), and “Ray’s Researchers” (Steven Kryger, Gardner
Davis, and Brandon Rowley—and past researcher Mark

Dinner). I am also thankful to Jason Rotenberg, Noah
Yechiely, Karen Karniol-Tambour, Bruce Steinberg, Larry
Cofsky, Bob Elliott, Ramsen Betfarhad, Kevin Brennan, Kerry
Reilly, and Jacob Kline, who are among the next generation
who help spark and shape our investment principles; to Jeff
Gardner, Jim Haskel, Paul Podolsky, Rob Zink, Mike Colby,
Lionel Kaliff, Joel Whidden, Brian Lawlor, Tom Bachner, Jim

White, Kyle Delaney, Ian Wang, Parag Shah, and Bill
Mahoney, who have personified our principles to our clients;
to Dave Ferrucci, who, more than anyone else, has helped me
convert the Work Principles into algorithms; and to Jeff
Taylor, Steve Elfanbaum, Stuart Friedman, and Jen Healy, who
are helping me convert them into common sense for a lot of

people. Though my interests and directions have always been
diverse, these teams made my missions their missions, and
kept me moving forward. Without their help, I wouldn’t have
accomplished anything close to what I have. Thank you for
enduring me and for selflessly supporting me.

Whatever beauty you see in the book’s design was the

result of Phil Caravaggio’s generosity and talent. After I put
the original version of Principles online as a PDF, he came to
me as a stranger bearing the gift of a gorgeously designed print
edition, created with the help of the artistic book designer
Rodrigo Corral. Phil, who is a brilliant entrepreneur in his own
right, just wanted to thank me because the principles had
helped him. The book’s beauty astounded me, and Phil’s
account of what these principles meant to him was another gift

that nudged me closer to making the book a reality. Once I
decided to make it, Phil went on to work tirelessly with