Cambridge Analytica‍‍‌‍​‍​‌‍​​‍‍‌‌‍​‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍

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parent_company, parent-subsidiary primary since 2013

Cambridge Analytica was a subsidiary of SCL Group (Strategic Communication Laboratories). SCL Group was the parent company that owned Cambridge Analytica, with Cambridge Analytica operating as the data analytics and political consulting arm focused primarily on U.S. elections. · Cambridge Analytica was founded in 2013 as US subsidiary of SCL Group

→ Entity #135

investor_founder, founder and financier primary since 2014

Robert Mercer was a principal investor and co-founder of Cambridge Analytica. He provided significant funding (reportedly $15 million) to establish the company in 2013-2014, backing its use of data analytics for political campaigns. · Invested $15 million to found Cambridge Analytica, owned 90% of company

→ Entity #136

investor_board_member, historical_investment primary since 2014

Rebekah Mercer, daughter of Robert Mercer, was a key investor and board member of Cambridge Analytica. She played an active role in the company's strategic direction and its connections to conservative political campaigns. · The Mercer family, with Rebekah as a key principal, were major investors and board members of Cambridge Analytica. Her ongoing SEC filings from 2021-2024 may relate to residual matters from this or related data/political consulting ventures.

→ Entity #15

executive_board_member, board_member_and_investor primary since 2014

Steve Bannon served as vice president and board member of Cambridge Analytica from its founding until 2016. He was instrumental in connecting the company to the Trump campaign and Republican political operations before becoming White House Chief Strategist. · Bannon was involved with Cambridge Analytica's parent company SCL Group and its financial structures. He served in a leadership capacity with the data analytics firm that was later subject to regulatory scrutiny.

→ Entity #124

industry_parallel inferential since 2018

Both Cambridge Analytica and Clearview AI represent controversial data harvesting operations that scraped personal data without meaningful consent - Cambridge Analytica from Facebook profiles, Clearview AI from public photos across the internet. Both faced regulatory action over privacy violations.

→ Entity #1

indirect_network_connection inferential since 2016

Peter Thiel is connected to Cambridge Analytica through overlapping political and investment networks. Thiel was a major Trump campaign donor and Facebook board member during the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Mercer family (Cambridge Analytica funders) and Thiel operated in adjacent conservative tech-political circles.

→ Entity #549

vendor confirmed

Received $5.9 million total for data management services from July-December 2016

← Entity #6

indirect_connection inferential since 2019

Miller's leaked emails to Breitbart News (published by SPLC in 2019) came from Katie McHugh, a former Breitbart editor. Cambridge Analytica and Breitbart shared connections through Steve Bannon and the Mercer family funding network.

← Entity #9878

personnel_diaspora_from inferential since 2018-05-02

INFERENTIAL: Rumble's expansion period overlaps with the post-2018 dispersal of Cambridge Analytica-era political-tech personnel into right-aligned media and platform work. The equation 'Rumble = Cambridge Analytica' is editorially declined as overstating the corporate record (CA dissolved in 2018; Rumble was already an independently incorporated Toronto video host). The narrower defensible claim is that the operator pool overlaps via the post-CA personnel diaspora.

← Entity #141

client confirmed

Made 118 payments totaling $5.7 million

← Entity #145

contractor confirmed

Developed Ripon software platform for Cambridge Analytica

← Entity #146

whistleblower confirmed

Former employee who exposed Facebook data harvesting

← Entity #255

trustee confirmed

Appointed as Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for Cambridge Analytica LLC estate

← Entity #257

judicial oversight confirmed

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge overseeing Cambridge Analytica Chapter 7 bankruptcy case

← Entity #143

client confirmed

Mercer-backed super PAC paid Cambridge Analytica $5.7 million for services

← Entity #2268

campaign_services secondary since 2015

Data analytics firm used by Cruz campaign and associated Super PACs