Wow, as a Norwegian American I have nothing but love and admiration for this gentleman. Very kind and intelligent. He has gone through the proverbial “hero’s journey” and come out the other side. Amazing what he created and he is very humble.
Check out the full article on our website for more context! www.forbes.com/sites/laurendebter/2019/04/15/meet-the-man-who-started-viking-cruises-in-his-50s-after-being-fired-losing-millions-and-surviving-cancer/#648735712652
Good example for how *passion makes money as a side-effect.* He had passion for water and ships, he made it his business because he loves it. This is how businesses stay motivated to do interesting, creative and better things than the competitors who have zero passion but want profits only.
Mr. Hagen im one of yhour employees at Viking Ocean Cruises i'd like to take this opportunity for giving us a stable job and pay even if there is pandemic you did not let us down crew and guest alike thank you for being humble whenver you visit your ships i remember serving you a latte which is your favorite that was the best time of my life. Thank you to all of the supporters of Viking Family.
Incredible man ...... he lost everything AND had cancer - yet he got up & got on !!!!! Amazing film / story - what an inspirational man - would love to meet him ...... oh yeah on one of his cruise ships !!!!!!!!
@@bsca1956 you are confusing excellence with perfection. Trying to achieve perfection puts you on the path to excellence. Its not a bullshit concept. Its how you build a successful business. Perfection is impossible. But excellence is the result when striving for the impossibility of perfection.
I don’t ever get how you just “start” a cruise company? Where did he generate that much capital? If he had money before then how much, cause large ships like that aren’t cheap even for the richest of people.
It's easy you just pull the money out of your ass, It has nothing to do with being born rich or privileged or being in the right place at the right time.
You lease the ships and brand them with logo and your ideas. Its relatively inexpensive if you do it right. You could get a small ship going for under $10 mil.
By doing his "walking" and "harvesting" of what is not being seen, it appears the real basis for all that is thought of by him. The wheeled miles that we wield inside us is something that no university could teach us, the revolutionary dynamics of our own lives.
#962 Torstein Hagen NET WORTH $2.4B Torstein Hagen started Viking Cruises in 1997, at age 54, with four riverboats in Russia. He had previously served as CEO of upmarket cruise line Royal Viking. He was forced to step down in 1984 after a failed bid to buy the company. Viking caters to wealthy, American retirees and has over 70 river cruise ships, which primarily traverse Europe's major waterways. Hagen began to offer ocean cruises in 2015 and now has six, 930-passenger ships. Since 2016, Hagen has sold 23% of Viking Cruises to TPG Capital and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, for a total of $672 million.
Like all super rich people he lives in a tax haven. A few months ago his ship almost ran ashore in Norway. The common man’s tax money and help bailed him out. Don’t think all these billionares made it themselves. Its a team effort. Stop idolizing these fools. Idolize the nurse with two children who pays her taxes and goes to work every day and comes home to take care of her family.
