Bart klein Ikink was born in a village in the East of the Netherlands and has lived in this region as a child. He studied Business and Information Technology and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society in Enschede, which is also in the East of the Netherlands.

He has been employed as a computer analyst, system administrator, database administrator and system designer for a number of organisations. Currently, he works as a Java programmer for a collection agency in the Netherlands.

He lives together with Ingrid. Together they have a son named Rob.

His research covers several topics, such as the financial system, society, culture, history, religion and the nature of this universe.

His blog is named Theplanforthefuture.org. His research about a financial system without interest is on Naturalmoney.org.