Nicolai Tangen

Americans ‘just work harder’ than Europeans, CEO of the world’s largest wealth fund says

European companies are falling behind their American counterparts in innovation and technology because of a “mindset issue,” says Nicolai Tangen, CEO of the $1.6 trillion Norges Bank Investment Management. Are self-driving cars safe enough yet? In an interview with the…

‘Americans just work harder’ than Europeans, says CEO of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund, because they have a higher ‘general level of ambition’

Norway’s ‘trillion-dollar-man’ believes America’s attitude towards failure is helping propel the nation ahead of its European counterparts—where workers may have a better work-life balance but aren’t as ambitious. Nicolai Tangen leads Nordic behemoth Norges Bank Investment Management, which governs the…