Viking Global Investors


Viking Global Investors is an American investment management firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut that specializes in long-short equity, long-only equity, and private equity strategies.
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History

It was established in October 1999 by its CEO and risk manager, Ole Andreas Halvorsen, Brian T Olson and David C Ott.
Ole Andreas Halvorsen previously worked for Julian Robertson at the firm Tiger Management, 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 was headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut as of 2023, with offices in New York, Hong Kong, London, and San Francisco.
In February, 2025 U.S.-based Viking Global built a new $526 million new position in Boeing while also investing in General Motors. Viking also bolstered its financial sectors in Bank of America, Charles Schwab and JPMorgan.

Investment strategy

The firm invests in public equities via a long-short strategy as well as a long-only strategy. The firm invests in private equity via a hybrid strategy, which combines private equity investments with a public equities strategy, and a strategy that invests exclusively in private assets. The firm also expanded into making credit and structured capital investments.