Nicolai Tangen is the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world with $1.55 Trn in assets, owning on average, 1.5% of every listed company. Tangen was previously Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer in AKO Capital, which he founded in 2005. Prior to this, Tangen was a partner and senior analyst at Egerton Capital and an equity analyst at Cazenove & Co.
From Religious Town in Norway to Leading the Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund:
The Top 10 Questions:
1. US Tech Firm Concentration: Is Nicolai concerned by the concentration of enterprise value in US tech firms? Have incumbents ever been as strong as they are today?
2. Impact of AI: What does Nicolai believe the impact of AI will be on society and productivity? What is his approach to investing in it moving forward?
3. Bitcoin: Why does Nicolai not want to hold Bitcoin? Why does he not understand it?
4. China: What would need to happen for China to be investable? How will the China situation play out?
5. Europe: Does Nicolai believe Europe is so far behind the US? Why? What can we do to improve?
6. Climate Change: How does Nicolai approach investing in climate? What works? What does not?
7. Sam Altman: Would Nicolai invest in Sam's new $7Trn project? What are some of Nicolai's biggest lessons from the time he has spent with Sam?
8. Investment Psychology: How does Nicolai retain a neutral investor psychology? How does he not get too up when doing well and too low when not doing well?
9. Investing Lessons: What are Nicolai's biggest investment hits and misses? What did he learn from them?
10. The Future: Why is Nicolai so optimistic about the future? What is he concerned about? How will we overcome our greatest challenges?