Benedikt Link (né Dunst) was born in 1985 in Rosenheim. He studied economics and social sciences at the University of Oldenburg. In 2011, he passed his Master's degree in organisational psychology at the London School of Economics & Political Science, where he also discovered his interest in the "dark side" of the business world. As a forensic consultant and fraud examiner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, he continues to explore the daily urges and pressures of white-collar workers which drive them into commiting fraud and other stupidities.