He is the former executive vice president of Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in the U.S.[2][3] Fink received a B.A.
[5] In the late '70s, Richard Fink met Charles Koch to discuss founding a research center devoted to teaching Austrian economics thought at Rutgers.
He was on the board of directors of Koch Industries Inc., Georgia-Pacific and Flint Hills Resources, LLC.
[disputed – discuss] He also sat on the board of the Institute for Humane Studies, and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
He previously served on the Consumer Advisory Council[11] of the Federal Reserve Board and the Commission on Privatization[clarification needed].