Eric Stanley (born April 19, 1991) is an American

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manager, violinist, 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

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s and mathematical models to make investment gains from market inefficiencies. He presents

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violin performances found on his

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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.

Early life

Stanley was born in Chesapeake, Virginia and comes from a family of musicians. He has an older brother named Marcus (born 1985), who is a pianist, and an older sister, Anhayla (born 1988), a singer. He attended Short Pump Middle School in Richmond, Virginia. With the encouragement of his teachers, Stanley began playing the violin at age 12. When he entered high school, Stanley joined the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Career

Music

In 2009, at the age of 18, Stanley began posting videos on Internet websites

, WorldStarHipHop, and PerezHilton.com. Stanley has experimented in combining improvisational violin playing with hip hop, pop, and classical. One of his first videos was a violin cover of Say Ahh by R&B artist Trey Songz. Other songs included

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and Airplanes. During 2011 Stanley released ''The Eric Stanley Project'', a mixtape. In 2011, he became a "viral sensation" and performed as the opening act for rapper B.o.B. In 2011, Stanley performed for President

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in Orlando, Florida. He attended Virginia Commonwealth University, graduating in 2014. Following Stanley's performance on ''ESPN First Take'', he announced the release of his debut EP '' Eric Stanley''. In September 2016, he produced the soundtrack at New York Fashion Week for a presentation of the KLS collection by Kimora Lee Simmons.

Investment

In 2019, Stanley co-founded Stay inspired Capital with Daniel D. in Charleston, South Carolina. The firm uses mathematical models and

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within the equities markets.

Philanthropy

Stanley has visited more than 200 K–12

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across the United States to "help young students stay inspired." In April 2017, he worked with Newark Public Schools to raise $2,424 to purchase 20 violins for the students. On July 20, 2017, Stanley joined Usher's New Look for the ''Disruptive Innovation Summit'' in

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. The non-profit organization presented the event in SunTrust Park. Usher's mission was "to have a creative gathering of forward thinking youth leaders."

Discography

Extended plays (EPs)

*'' Eric Stanley'' (2015)

Singles

Filmography

References

External links

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Stay Inspired Capital
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanley, Eric 1991 births 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century African-American musicians 21st-century American violinists American male violinists American hedge fund managers Hip-hop violinists Living people Rappers from Richmond, Virginia Musicians from Richmond, Virginia People from Chesapeake, Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University alumni YouTubers from Virginia