Although Milwaukee seems an odd place for a hedge fund, that hasn't stopped Mr. Stark from building Stark Capital Management in to the $12 billion fund it is today. Amazingly, losing top employees to bigger firms in bigger cities hasn't been a problem either, with Stark ranking fifth on the 2007 list of the 25 best midsize companies to work for in America (as compiled by the Great Place to Work Institute). Prior to forming Stark Capital Management (now Stark Investments) in 1988 with fellow Harvard law school graduate Michael Roth, he was a partner at the commercial litigation firm of Coghill & Goodspeed. Brian developed his interest in investing when he was in high school and college, working summers in his father¿s accounting firm.
Although Milwaukee seems an odd place for a hedge fund, that hasn't stopped Mr. Stark from building Stark Capital Management in to the $12 billion fund it is today. Amazingly, losing top employees to bigger firms in bigger cities hasn't been a problem either, with Stark ranking fifth on the 2007 list of the 25 best midsize companies to work for in America (as compiled by the Great Place to Work Institute). Prior to forming Stark Capital Management (now Stark Investments) in 1988 with fellow Harvard law school graduate Michael Roth, he was a partner at the commercial litigation firm of Coghill & Goodspeed. Brian developed his interest in investing when he was in high school and college, working summers in his father¿s accounting firm.