Andreas Halvorsen
Finance and Investments

Andreas Halvorsen Net Worth

Andreas Halvorsen is a Norwegian-born hedge fund manager and the Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer of Viking Global Investors. He was born in 1960 in Darien, Connecticut and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut. Halvorsen was a former Tiger Cub at Julian Robertson's Tiger Management hedge fund and launched Viking Global Investors in 1999. The firm now manages over $30 billion in assets, although his flagship Viking Global hedge fund lost 4% net of fees in 2016. Halvorsen is a graduate of Williams College and Stanford Business School.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Viking Global Investors
Birth Year 1960
Birth Place Darien, Connecticut, Norway
Age 63 YEARS OLD
Residence Darien, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater Williams College Stanford University
Occupation Investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist
Known for Founding and leading Viking Global Investors
Spouse(s) Diane Halvorsen
Children 3

💰 Net worth: $5.9 Billion (2024)

Andreas Halvorsen, the Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Viking Global Investors in Norway, is a renowned figure in the world of finance. With an extensive career in investment management, Halvorsen has successfully built a name for himself as an astute investor. His net worth is estimated to reach an impressive $5.9 billion by 2024. This substantial accumulation of wealth is a testament to his exceptional skills and expertise in navigating the financial markets. Halvorsen's entrepreneurial spirit and strategic vision have propelled Viking Global Investors' success, establishing it as a prominent investment firm.

2013 $1.3 Billion
2014 $2.2 Billion
2015 $2.8 Billion
2016 $3.1 Billion
2017 $3.1 Billion
2018 $3.66 Billion

Biography/Timeline

1961

Halvorsen was born in Norway in 1961. He graduated from the Norwegian Naval Academy and then served as a leader of a Norwegian SEAL team.

1986

Halvorsen attended Williams College, where he was a member of the ski team, and graduated in 1986 with a degree in economics. He went on to receive his MBA from the Stanford University School of Business in 1990. At Stanford, he received the Alexander A. Robichek Student Achievement Award in Finance and was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Halvorsen is now on Williams' Board of Trustees.

1999

In 1999, Halvorsen left Tiger to co-found Viking Global Investors, an investment firm managing in excess of $30 billion capital, of which he is currently the CEO, alongside David Ott and Brian Olson. Halvorsen, Ott, and Olson are part of the group known as "Tiger Cubs," former employees of Julian Robertson's Tiger Management Corporation now working as hedge fund managers on their own. Viking Global's main operations cover public equity and hedge funds on the international market.

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