Richard Fink

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Richard Fink
Born
Richard Harold Fink

(1951-05-31) May 31, 1951 (age 72)
Executive vice president Koch Industries
EmployerKoch Industries
Board member ofAmericans for Prosperity Foundation, Institute for Humane Studies, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Richard Harold Fink (born May 31, 1951)[1] is an American businessman and academic. He is the former executive vice president of Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in the U.S.[2][3]

Education and academic career

Fink received a B.A. in

Austrian Economics.[5]

Relationship with Charles Koch

In the late '70s, Richard Fink met Charles Koch to discuss founding a research center devoted to teaching

Austrian economics thought at Rutgers. Fink met with Koch in Wichita and planned what became the Mercatus Center in 1999.[6]

Koch Industries

Fink served as an executive vice president of Koch Industries, Inc. He was also chairman and CEO of Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC, which provides legal and government and public affairs services to Koch Industries and its affiliate. He was on the board of directors of Koch Industries Inc.,

Flint Hills Resources, LLC
.

Koch Family Foundations

Fink was a member of the boards of directors and President of the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation. He was also on the board of the

Fred C. and Mary R. Koch Foundation.[7]

Board memberships

Fink served on the board of trustees of the Democratic Leadership Council.[8]

Fink co-founded

disputed – discuss
] He also sat on the board of the
Federal Reserve Board and the Commission on Privatization[clarification needed
].

Fink was a member of the boards of directors of the

Americans for Prosperity Foundation.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Richard Harold Fink." Who's Who in Finance and Business, 25th Edition. The Complete Marquis Who's Who Biographies. 2001. Accessed via LexisNexis on September 3, 2014.
  2. ^ Andrea D. Murphy and John J. Ray, ed. (2009-10-28). "America's Largest Private Companies". Forbes.
  3. ^ Alberta, Tim; Johnson, Eliana (May 16, 2016). "Exclusive: In Koch World 'Realignment,' Less National Politics". National Review. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Richard Fink, Board Member".
  5. Doherty, Brian (2007). Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement. PublicAffairs
    .
  6. ^ a b Continetti, Matthew (April 4, 2011). "The Paranoid Style in Liberal Politics". The Weekly Standard.
  7. ^ "Biography: Richard Fink". Mecatus Center - George Mason University. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  8. ^ Dreyfuss, Robert (December 19, 2001). "How the DLC Does It". American Prospect.
  9. ^ Torres, Justin (May 1, 2008). "Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation: Teaching the principles of free enterprise to the nonprofit leaders of tomorrow". Philanthropy Magazine. Philanthropy Roundtable.
  10. ^ Mayer, Jane (August 30, 2010). "Covert Operations: The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama". The New Yorker.
  11. ^ Knutson, Ted. "Kochs To Get A Seat – Indirectly -- At The SEC?". Retrieved 29 April 2022.

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