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Oxford Analytica

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Oxford Analytica, Ltd
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryManagement consultancy
Founded1975
FoundersDavid Young
Headquarters
Oxford
,
England
Key people
David K. Young (director)
Websiteoxan.com

Oxford Analytica is an international consulting firm providing strategic analysis of world events.[1] It was founded in 1975 by David Young, an American employee of the National Security Council during the Nixon administration.[2]

Clients of Oxford Analytica consist of governments, international institutions, and public sector bodies, as well as financial institutions, corporations, and other private sector organizations.[3]

The company has access to a network of over 1,400 academics and specialists around the world.[4] Its main activities are in the areas of geopolitics and macroeconomics, and its principal work comprises advisory work[5] and a daily analysis service known as The Oxford Analytica Daily Brief.[6]

Notable former staff

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  • Michael Bates – Conservative ex-Minister who at one time ran Oxford Analytica's Consultancy & Research department.[7]
  • Giulio Regeni – an Italian graduate student kidnapped, tortured and killed in Egypt in 2016 who briefly worked at Oxford Analytica as a research assistant in 2014.[8]
  • Ronald A. Marks – former CIA/Capitol Hill official and IT entrepreneur who ran Oxford Analytica's Washington, D.C. office from 2005 to 2010.[9]
  • Nader Mousavizadeh – advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Oxford Analytica – The Firm". Oxan.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  2. ^ Malone, David (16 October 2008). "Dave the Plumber | ReCollections". Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Oxford Analytica – Our Clients". Oxan.com. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Oxford Analytica – Contributor Network". Oxan.com. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Oxford Analytica – Advisory". Oxan.com. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Oxford Analytica – Daily Brief". Oxan.com. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  7. ^ "The Rt Hon Lord Bates". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Biography of Giulio Regeni, Cambridge University". www.polis.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Ronald Marks". George Mason University News. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Nader Mousavizadeh, chief executive, Oxford Analytica". The Guardian. 2 February 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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