It was established in October 1999 by its CEO and risk manager, Ole Andreas Halvorsen, Brian T Olson and David C Ott.

[2][3] 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.

[4] In June 2017, Viking announced that it was returning $8 billion to investors to "reset to a smaller size.

"[5] Viking has offices in Greenwich, where it is headquartered, New York, Hong Kong, London and San Francisco.

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