Emerdata
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Emerdata Limited is a data company established in August 2017, by many of the people involved in Cambridge Analytica.[1][2][3][4] Emerdata was established in 2017 by the chief data officer and chairman of Cambridge Analytica's parent company SCL Group, which closed operations on the 1 May 2018.[5][6][7] Its headquarters in London is in the same building as Cambridge Analytica.[8][9][10]
In January 2018, Emerdata reportedly raised $19 million from international investors.[11]
Emerdata was widely discussed in the news media. It was portrayed as a potential successor to Cambridge Analytica.[12][13][8] In May 2018, Nigel Oakes, founder of the SCL Group, Cambridge Analytica's British affiliate, acknowledged that Emerdata's intent had been to acquire Cambridge Analytica and SCL, but said that these plans had been abandoned and that Emerdata and its partly-owned subsidiary Firecrest Technologies Ltd., which had been set up by former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix, would be wound down.[14]
Notable directors[edit]
Emerdata's board of directors has included:
- Johnson Chun Shun Ko, Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of Frontier Services Group. The latter is led by Erik Prince, the former head of Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump.[15][10]
- Rebekah Mercer, daughter of Robert Mercer, the primary investor of Cambridge Analytica.[16][15]
- Alexander Nix, previously CEO of Cambridge Analytica. Nix resigned as director of Emerdata on 28 March 2018. He is a director of 8 other companies registered at the same address.[17][18][19][20]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Backers of Cambridge Analytica have set up new data company: Report". Metro US. 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ↑ Siegelman, Wendy (2018-03-19). "Cambridge Analytica executives created a company with the Executive Director & Deputy Chairman of…". Medium. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ↑ Solon, Olivia; Laughland, Oliver (2018-05-02). "Cambridge Analytica closing after Facebook data harvesting scandal". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ↑ Siegelman, Wendy (2018-05-05). "Cambridge Analytica is dead – but its obscure network is alive and well". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
- ↑ "Cambridge Analytica is shutting down following Facebook scandal". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ↑ Waterson, Jim (2018-05-02). "Cambridge Analytica closure – questions and answers". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ↑ "Cambridge Analytica tried to sell itself to 18,000 buyers — but received just 4 paltry offers". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Cambridge Analytica dismantled for good? Nope: it's just changing its name to Emerdata". Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ↑ "Is Cambridge Analytica really shutting down?". Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Cambridge Analytica is out of business, but its heavy hitters have reopened under a new name / Boing Boing". boingboing.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ↑ http://uk.businessinsider.com/alexander-nix-allegedly-took-8-million-cambridge-analytica-2018-6
- ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/what-emerdata-scl-group-executives-flee-new-firm-and-its-registered-office-909334
- ↑ https://www.businessinsider.nl/cambridge-analytica-could-rebrand-emerdata-2018-5/
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-08/cambridge-analytica-won-t-be-revived-under-new-company-name
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 http://uk.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-executives-and-mercer-family-launch-emerdata-2018-3
- ↑ "As Cambridge Analytica shuts, directors surface in new firm, Emerdata". Newsweek. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ↑ "Data analytics firm engulfed in Facebook's privacy scandal closes down". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ↑ "The power players behind Cambridge Analytica have set up a mysterious new data company". Business Insider France (in français). Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ↑ "Alexander James Ashburner NIX - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ↑ "EMERDATA LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
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