Eric Stanley

Eric Stanley (born April 19, 1991) is an American hedge fund manager, violinist, programmer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Stay Inspired, a media company. Stanley is the co-founder of Stay Inspired Capital, a quantitative hedge fund. He and his fund are known to be quantitative investors, using trading algorithms and mathematical models to make investment gains from market inefficiencies.

He presents improvisational violin performances found on his YouTube channel, Estan247, which was created in 2009. In April 2015, Stanley made his national television debut on ESPN First Take and provided the theme song on violin.