Stanley Fink attended Manchester Grammar School and Cambridge, where he studied law. After training as a chartered accountant at Arthur Andersen, he joined Man in 1987 and became finance director in 1992. He became managing director of Man Investments in 1996 and chairman in 2002.

Full article:  "Hedge fund titan Stanley Fink to quit Man" (ThisIsMoney.co.uk / Evening Standard, 29 May 2008)

He became chief executive of Man in 2000 and in the years since has seen the group grow strongly, moving from commodities trading to become the world's largest listed hedge fund manager.
Stanley Fink, known as "The Godfather" of UK hedge funds, has called time on his career at Man Group, the industry giant he helped create, after two decades. Unusually for a much-feted manager 15 years off retirement age, he is severing ties with the industry to dedicate his time to philanthropy work.

He is a trustee for Ark – Absolute Return for Kids – the children's charity supported by a number of European hedge fund managers including Paul Marshall and Ian Wace, founders of Marshall Wace. He is also chairman of the Evelina Children's Hospital Appeal Committee, which aimed to raise £10m to help equip a new children's hospital at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and sponsors the city academy school Burlington Danes.

Beyond the charitable work, Mr Fink has donated money to the Conservative Party, including to Boris Johnson's successful campaign for London Mayor, and has agreed to lead a working group on an environmental market for the shadow Chancellor, George Osborne.

Full article:  "The hedge fund Godfather"  (The Independent, 30th May 2008)