Michael lund petersen pandora net worth

By age 12, Michael Lund Petersen started attending horse races at his home track in Copenhagen, Denmark. And by 14, he had turned to betting the equivalent of a dollar a race to feel closer to the action.

While the horses weren't of Kentucky Derby quality, Petersen said, "that doesn't take the thrill away."

Decades later, he's taking those feelings to a new level by owning a serious Derby contender.

Because when the field of 20 turns for home, "I think my heart is going to jump out of my chest," he said Tuesday after his Mor Spirit posted his first workout at Churchill Downs.

A "rookie" horseman, Petersen in recent years dialed back his commitments to working for the United States' division of Pandora Jewelry, which he co-founded in 2002 from the basement of his brother's Baltimore home.

Michael lund petersen pandora net worth

Now a senior adviser to the company, he joked that, "They don't need my advice anymore. They're doing just fine. Now I have time to do this."

"This"