Viking Global Investors is an American-based

hedge fund A hedge fund is a pooled investment fund that trades in relatively liquid assets and is able to make extensive use of more complex trading, portfolio-construction, and risk management techniques in an attempt to improve performance, such as sho ...

based in

Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich (, ) is a New England town, town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the town had a total population of 63,518. The largest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast (Conne ...

, which specialises in early stage and late stage ventures.

History

It was established in October 1999 by its

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

and risk manager,

Ole Andreas Halvorsen Ole Andreas Halvorsen (born 1961) is a Norwegian billionaire Hedge fund, hedge fund manager. He is the CEO and a co-founder of the Connecticut-based hedge fund, Viking Global Investors.

, Brian T Olson and David C Ott. Ole Andreas Halvorsen previously worked for

Julian Robertson Julian Hart Robertson Jr. (June 25, 1932 – August 23, 2022) was an American billionaire hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. Robertson founded Tiger Management, one of the first hedge funds, in 1980. From its inception in 1980 to its 1 ...

at the firm

Tiger Management Tiger Management Corp., also known as "The Tiger Fund", is an American hedge fund and family office founded by Julian Robertson. The fund began investing in 1980 and closed in March 2000/01. It continues to operate today in direct public equity ...

, making Viking one of the 30 or more so-called " Tiger Cubs," funds founded by managers who started their investment careers with Tiger Management. In June 2017, Viking announced that it was returning $8 billion to investors to "reset to a smaller size." Viking has offices in Greenwich, where it is headquartered, New York, Hong Kong,

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and

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References

Tiger Management Investment management companies of the United States 1999 establishments in Connecticut Hedge fund firms in Connecticut Companies based in Greenwich, Connecticut Hedge funds Privately held companies based in Connecticut Financial services companies established in 1999 {{US-company-stub