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Alexander Nix

CEO of Cambridge Analytica and director of SCL Group
Tracked because CEO of Cambridge Analytica and director of SCL Group · 19 documented connections
Facts on record5
Connections mapped19
Sources cited9
✦ Thin coverage gap +63 connected to 19 entities · only 5 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 3P 2I
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
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Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 1 elected official holds documented connections.
0Money Chains
0Traced Hops
Connected Officials
  • Ted Cruz U.S. Senate · political_campaign_work
Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

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Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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Connection Map
Key Connections
← Strategic Communication Laboratories Limited company
CEO
Alexander Nix served as the CEO of Strategic Communication Laboratories Limited (SCL Group) and Cambridge Analytica.
← SCL Elections company
executive/leadership
Alexander Nix was CEO of SCL Group (which owned SCL Elections) and Cambridge Analytica.
← AggregateIQ company
affiliation
Alexander Nix, then-CEO of Cambridge Analytica's parent SCL Group, worked with AggregateIQ on digital advertising and data-driven campaign tools.
→ Ted Cruz elected official
political_campaign_work
Alexander Nix took credit for Cruz's Iowa victory in a September 2016 speech, indicating Cambridge Analytica's work on the Cruz presidential campaign.
← Rebekah Mercer person
Business associate
Rebekah Mercer forwarded an email to Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix in August 2016 asking about organizing WikiLeaks emails. Nix is also associated with Emerdata Limited where Mercer is a director.
← Cambridge Analytica company
employment
Alexander Nix was CEO of Cambridge Analytica who was suspended following the Facebook data scandal
→ SCL Group company
director
Director of parent company since 2003
→ Steve Bannon person
collaboration
Nix was CEO of Cambridge Analytica while Bannon was vice president, both signed contracts with data collection companies
Facts (5)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 160d ago · Avg age: 937d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (3)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Primary Source NIX, ALEXANDER of BALTIMORE, MD (employer: RSG, occupation: INSURANCE) made a campaign contribution of $19.23 to ACTBLUE on 2020-09-19. FEC transaction ID: SA11AI_300168387.
✓ verified Primary Source Alexander Nix and other SCL Elections employees reportedly participated in strategic decision-making of John Bolton Super PAC starting as early as 2014
✓ verified Primary Source Alexander Nix took credit for Cruz's Iowa victory in September 2016 speech
Date: 2016-09-01 Added: 08 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Texas Monthly reporting on Nix speech
All Connections (19)
→ SCL Group company
director confirmed
Director of parent company since 2003
→ Steve Bannon person
collaboration confirmed
Nix was CEO of Cambridge Analytica while Bannon was vice president, both signed contracts with data collection companies
→ Ted Cruz elected official
political_campaign_work primary since 2016
Alexander Nix took credit for Cruz's Iowa victory in a September 2016 speech, indicating Cambridge Analytica's work on the Cruz presidential campaign.
→ Christopher Wylie person
membership secondary since 2018
Christopher Wylie was the whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica's data practices during Nix's tenure as CEO.
→ Aleksandr Kogan person
collaboration secondary since 2014
Aleksandr Kogan, through his company Global Science Research (GSR), provided the Facebook data that Cambridge Analytica used, during Nix's leadership.
→ Nigel Oakes person
membership secondary since 2014
Nigel Oakes was the founder of SCL Group and Behavioral Dynamics Institute, overseeing executives including Alexander Nix.
→ Emerdata Limited company
directorship secondary since 2018
Alexander Nix was listed as a director of Emerdata Limited, a company linked to Cambridge Analytica's restructuring.
→ Julian Wheatland person
membership secondary since 2018
Julian Wheatland served as CEO of Cambridge Analytica after Alexander Nix stepped down and was also a director of SCL Group.
→ Robert Mercer person
financial_backing secondary since 2014
Robert Mercer was a major financial backer of Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group during Nix's tenure as CEO.
father_son confirmed
Father of Alexander Nix who became close associate of Oakes
affiliation inferential since 2014
Alexander Nix was CEO of SCL Elections and SCL Group, making him associated with GSR through the contract.
← This Is Your Digital Life instrument
affiliation secondary since 2014
Alexander Nix was CEO of Cambridge Analytica/SCL Group which received and utilized data from This Is Your Digital Life. Nix was a central figure in the data scandal and was recorded discussing the TIYDL data harvest.
CEO primary since 2013
Alexander Nix served as the CEO of Strategic Communication Laboratories Limited (SCL Group) and Cambridge Analytica.
← SCL Elections company
executive/leadership primary since 2014
Alexander Nix was CEO of SCL Group (which owned SCL Elections) and Cambridge Analytica.
Potential Corporate Relationship inferential since Unknown
As CEO of SCL Group, Alexander Nix would likely have oversight of or knowledge about regional subsidiaries like Crow Business Solutions MENA, though no direct link is documented in the provided facts.
← AggregateIQ company
affiliation primary since 2015
Alexander Nix, then-CEO of Cambridge Analytica's parent SCL Group, worked with AggregateIQ on digital advertising and data-driven campaign tools.
← Cambridge Analytica company
employment primary since 2018
Alexander Nix was CEO of Cambridge Analytica who was suspended following the Facebook data scandal
← Rebekah Mercer person
Business associate primary since 2016
Rebekah Mercer forwarded an email to Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix in August 2016 asking about organizing WikiLeaks emails. Nix is also associated with Emerdata Limited where Mercer is a director.
← Philometrics company
potential_associate inferential since 2026
Alexander Nix, former CEO of Cambridge Analytica, is in the same entity list as Philometrics, suggesting a potential business or operational relationship.
Sources (9)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Alexander Nix — FEC donations (no results) fec_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Alexander Nix — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Alexander Nix not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Alexander Nix — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Alexander Nix — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Alexander Nix — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt