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The company was established by Torstein Hagen in St. Petersburg, Russia as Viking River Cruises in 1997. Hagen had become involved in cruising as a McKinsey and Company consultant who helped the Holland America Line survive the 1973 oil crisis, then was CEO of the Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984, made money in the Russian private equity markets, then bought a controlling stake in a Dutch ...
Viking Range Corporation is an American appliance company that manufactures kitchen appliances for residential and commercial use. Today the company offers three complete lines of premium appliances including cooking , ventilation, kitchen clean-up and refrigeration , as well as various outdoor appliances. [ 1 ]
SVP was formed when Kohlberg & Company, an American private equity firm that owned the Swedish VSM Group (owner of the Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff sewing machine brands), combined VSM with Singer, [5] which it acquired in 2004 for $134 million. [6] The company was founded in 2006 [2] and was formerly headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. [7]
Husqvarna Viking sewing machine. VSM Group AB (Viking Sewing Machines), previously named Husqvarna Sewing Machines is a company based in Huskvarna, Sweden. Founded in 1872, the company is best known for "smart" (computerized) sewing machines and sergers under the brands Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff. The VSM brand produces several lines of sewing ...
Viking Press (formally Viking Penguin, also listed as Viking Books) is an American publishing company owned by Penguin Random House. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheimer [ 1 ] and then acquired by the Penguin Group in 1975.
Hagen was a consultant and later partner for McKinsey & Company in Europe, helping to bring Holland America Line back from near-bankruptcy in 1974. [5] In 1976, he became CEO of Bergen Steamship Company (Bergenske Dampskibsselskab) and then became CEO of Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984.
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. [6] In February, 2025 U.S.-based Viking Global built a new $526 million new position in Boeing while also investing in General ...
The Vikings eventually outgrew Winter Park, which was lacking in office space and featured deteriorating training amenities. [5] In August 2015, the Vikings signed a purchase agreement to buy a 185-acre site in Eagan, Minnesota which was once the headquarters of Northwest Airlines. [7]