Andreas Halvorsen | |
|---|---|
| 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]