A predecessor to Mercatus was founded at Rutgers University by a former economics professor, Richard Fink, who also started an antitax group. Mr. Fink later moved the think tank to George Mason, a Virginia state university that has become a center for free-market economics. In 1990, Mr. Fink joined Koch Industries, where he is now an executive vice president overseeing lobbying and communications. He remains a Mercatus director. « less
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Rich Fink
Koch think tank mastermind.
Manuel H Johnson
Partner, Johnson Smick international
Charles G. Koch
Libertarian billionaire scion of the Koch empire.
Edwin Meese
Former Attorney General under Reagan
Kevin Gentry
Koch strategist
Tyler Cowen
Koch/George Mason economist
Larry Kudlow
CNBC host and conservative commentator
Veronique De Rugy
Senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center
Donors
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
One of the Koch family foundations
Sarah Scaife Foundation
Conservative funding juggernaut
