CV Advisors Hires Ex-Bridgewater Executive as Portfolio Manager
(Bloomberg) — CV Advisors, a wealth-advisory firm in South Florida that manages $15 billion, has hired former Bridgewater Associates executive Hailey Gordon as a portfolio manager, tapping into talent previously based in the Northeast that relocated to the region.
Gordon, who spent more than six years at Westport, Connecticut-based Bridgewater as an investment associate and earlier was in derivatives sales at Barclays Plc, joined CV Advisors this month in its Aventura office and will work closely with Elliot Dornbusch, the firm’s founder, chief executive officer and chief investment officer.
“It’s the most important hire we’ve had since inception,” Dornbusch said in an interview. “She’s an economist, a macro thinker and has the pedigree of a firm that I admire.”
The influx of wealth and talent into South Florida is rapidly changing the landscape of the region and turbocharging growth for firms like CV Advisors that saw assets under management and staff increase 20% in 2025 from a year earlier. It’s now working with 135 clients that include ultra-wealthy families and institutions and looks to provide a single family office-type service for those who don’t want to build out their own structure.
Gordon moved to South Florida in 2023 during the tail end of the Covid pandemic while still at Bridgewater and left the hedge fund in June. She joined CV Advisors after her garden leave period.
“I expected I’d be living in Connecticut and working in Manhattan for my whole life and then Covid happened,” Gordon said in an interview. “I was convinced that there were Wall Street-level kind of opportunities here.”
CV is doing “institutional-level sophisticated investing in a single family office style,” which is “really compelling,” she said.
Dornbusch and Gordon said they’re viewing 2026 as a “late cycle economy” where growth is slowing and US equities are expensive, which should create volatility. They also see long-term rates decreasing over time and aren’t concerned about inflation.
“On the economy, it’s almost like a car when you’ve taken your foot off the gas, but it’s still running on momentum,” Gordon said.