Andreas Halvorsen | |
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Born | 1961 or 1962 (age 62–63)
[1] Norway |
Alma mater |
Williams College Stanford University |
Occupation | hedge fund manager |
Known for | Founder and CEO, Viking Global Investors |
Spouse | Diane Halvorsen |
Children | 3 |
Ole Andreas Halvorsen (born 1961) is a Norwegian billionaire hedge fund manager. He is the CEO and a co-founder of the Connecticut-based hedge fund, Viking Global Investors. [2] Viking had $24 billion under management as of October, 2017. [3] Halvorsen has consistently ranked among the top earning hedge fund managers, placing 11th in Forbes' 2012 rankings and 9th in 2015, according to Institutional Investor's Alpha. [4] [5] [6]
Halvorsen is a protégé of hedge fund manager Julian Robertson. [7] As of August 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$6.6 billion. [1]
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. [2]
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 Graduate School of Business in 1990. [2] [8] At Stanford, he received the Alexander A. Robichek Student Achievement Award in Finance and was an Arjay Miller Scholar. [9] Halvorsen is now on Williams' Board of Trustees. [10]
Halvorsen worked in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley after finishing his studies. Then he moved to Tiger Management Corp, where he was a senior managing director, as well as an analyst and director of equities, and a member of the management committee. He sat on Tiger's advisory board, and on the supervisory board of the firm's largest fund, Jaguar Fund N.V.. [11]
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. [12] [13] 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. [14] Viking Global's main operations cover public equity and hedge funds on the international market. [15]
He is married to Diane Halvorsen, they have three children, and live in Darien, Connecticut. [1] [16]
Halvorsen is on the board of trustees of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and the board of Williams College.[ citation needed]
Previously, Halvorsen has been a trustee of Greenwich Academy, a board member of Right To Play USA, and sat on the advisory council of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. [17]