Brian Kaufmann is the Portfolio Manager for Private Investments at Viking Global Investors, a global investment firm founded in 1999. The firm manages approximately $28 billion of capital for its investors, and has offices in New York, San Francisco, London, Hong Kong and Greenwich. Mr. Kaufmann earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he graduated with High Distinction as a George F. Baker Scholar, and he received a BS in Applied Economics and Business Management, magna cum laude, from Cornell University.