Viking Global Investors LP (Greenwich)

Name: Viking Global Investors LP
Address: 55 Railroad Avenue, Greenwich, CT, 06830 6378
Telephone: 203-863-5000

Viking Global Investors LP is a large advisory firm based in Greenwich. It manages $34.74 billion of regulatory assets for 12 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2011 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Connecticut, and Delaware.

Viking Global Investors provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Viking Global Investors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Viking Global Investors LP is $34.74 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 148% since the beginning of its operation, and $21.53 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $34.74 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $2.89 billion each.

Viking Global Investors has custody of $34.74 billion in cash and securities for 12 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Viking Global Investors LP for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Viking Global Investors serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Viking Global Investors is pooled investment vehicles with 12 clients and $34.74 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Viking Global Investors has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $34.74 billion for 12 clients. 33% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Viking Global Investors also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $5,000 to $5,000,000.

Careers at Viking Global Investors LP

The company employs 177 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 28 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Ole Andreas Halvorsen	Chief executive officer, limited partner	1 Apr 1999	25% - 50%	2087763
David Christopher Ott	Executive committee member, limited partner	1 Apr 1999	25% - 50%	4857588
Viking Global Partners Llc	General partner	1 Apr 1999	Other	13-4055117
Viking Global Investors Lp	Member of viking japan llc (relying adviser)	1 Sep 2004	75% - 100%	132272
Viking Global Investors Europe Management Ltd.	Member of viking global investors europe llp (relying adviser)	1 Jun 2006	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Thomas William Purcell	Executive committee member	1 Jul 2007	Other	2650120
Daniel Saul Sundheim	Management committee member	1 Aug 2007	Other	5929219
James Courtney Parsons	Management committee member	1 Aug 2007	Other	5929212
Eric Ross Komitee	General counsel	1 Feb 2008	Other	5929226
Rose Sharon Shabet	Chief operating officer	1 Feb 2009	Other	2931519
Barrett Christopher Brown	Chief financial officer	1 Sep 2009	Other	5929227
Kahyeong Lee	Chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2009	Other	5220133
Kahyeong Nmn Lee	Chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2009	Other	5220133
Viking Global Investors Lp	Director of viking global hong kong limited (relying adviser)	1 Mar 2010	Other	132272
Thomas William Purcell	Director of viking global hong kong limited (relying adviser)	1 May 2010	Other	2650120
Daniel Saul Sundheim	Executive committee member	1 Apr 2012	Other	5929219
Matthew Halle Bloom	Chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2013	Other	6274562
Ning Jin	Director of viking global hong kong limited (relying adviser)	1 Aug 2014	Other	6391343
Paul Michael Enright	Management committee member	1 Jan 2015	Other	4268419
Ellis Jacobs Whipple	Chief financial officer	1 Jan 2016	Other	3152458
Benjamin Solomon Jacobs	Management committee member	1 Jun 2017	Other	4542586
Ning Jin	Management committee member	1 Jun 2017	Other	6391343
Andrew Michael Genser	General counsel	1 Jun 2018	Other	6974225

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Viking Global Investors Lp	Shareholder	1 Jun 2006	25% - 50%	132272
Thomas William Purcell	Shareholder	1 Oct 2009	50% - 75%	2650120

Based in Greenwich

The principal office where Viking Global Investors LP performs its advisory services is located at 55 Railroad Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830 6378, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 203-863-5000 or by fax 203-863-5001. The normal business hours are 8:00am - 5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at vikingglobal.com.