Can someone provide any insight into Viking please?
Hi all, current 2nd year associate at CD&R/KKR/Silverlake type shop and am looking to go to hedge fund land. Can anyone shed any light into Viking from a comp and cultural perspective? I understand they are essentially a pseudo-pod shop but really want to understand if anyone here had any insight regarding promotion outlook, culture, and compensation. I have a passion for public markets so don’t hit me with the “you seem like a risk adverse beta so HF land isn’t for you” nonsense. How does Viking compare to the likes of coatue, tiger, or lone pine
Based on the most helpful WSO content, here's what you need to know about Viking:
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For more detailed information, you might want to look at Viking's company filings in London, which provide historical compensation data and other insights.
Hope this helps!
Sources: Any info on Viking?, Viking Global, Tiger Global, Coatue, etc.., Viking Global Investors Interview Questions, Are Hedge Fund Employees Structurally F***ed, Sundheim Is The Man - D1 cap thoughts
Bumping this
You suck. You make these new accounts every few months, ask the same questions, and have written some of the dumbest comments I’ve ever read. There are so many threads on these funds we don’t need another. Do a little bit of digging
I’m completely new to this site. No idea what you’re talking about
You can look at their UK filings for an idea of comp as it represents the economics of a single ‘pod’ they have there. tl;dr looks like 3-5 analysts pretty consistently high 6figs each on avg then the PM has a % of PnL which has ranged from $1.5-2m in meh years to $30m I think was the best year
I love how you just threw CD&R in there with KKR and SilverLake
CD&R just raised a fund bigger than KKR and Silver Lake ever have. They can be thrown in there.
Was a joke. But you're still incorrect. 1. Fund size is irrelevant. Capital is a commodity. 2. Monoline product fundraise ≠ total product fundraise. Q.E.D.
So much cope not to mention an understanding of how PE firms work (I worked at BX/APO/KKR).
1. CD&R has a global fund while KKR has regional funds, if you count all BX/KKR/APO PE AUM it is multiples of CD&R.
2. CD&R has massive associate classes and is a bloated org filled with partners. You can count the number of SLP partners on one hand and associate classes are a fraction of the size. This leads to better work experience and more selectivity and higher quality of average associate, and average team member.
3. CD&R are a fundamentally different strategy from you BX/KKR/H&F type. It’s less applicable to HF-style investing.
4. PE firm alumni network is really important for HFs, I’d say that is how I saw a lot of people land their jobs. HH’s push them to firms where same PE firm people have been hired before and people get referrals from others who are 1-2 years older from their AN or ASO classes. While CD&R has good exits in recent years, it’s not comparable to BX/KKR/SLP.
That says the work you do is overall pretty similar, not really applicable to HF investing, and your life sucks at any of these places so it doesn’t really matter. The job just sucks.
8-2 with a phenomenal defense. Frankly, they were one first down away from beating the Lions in Minneapolis earlier this year. If Sam Darnold can protect the football, a NFCCG appearance should be a good goal, but who knows what can happen if he gets hot.
I think being a viking is an ideal career path. You can make generational wealth by sailing the coasts of Norway (although how's your tolerance to cold weather?) Don't know how being a viking compares to a beach in Nantucket, a large feline, or a tree tho
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Bro what is KKR/Cd&r/slp supposed to convey? Those are three different archetypes of shop lmao do you just work at a good impressive PE firm is what you’re saying?
KKR/tpg/carlyle
Slp/TB/vista (maybe)
Cd&r/h&f/LGP (maybe)
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