On Wednesday, Cambridge Analytica employees learned that its parent company, the SCL Group, was shuttering the business, with American-based workers directed to return their keycards immediately, according to documentation reviewed by Gizmodo.
Both Cambridge Analytica and SCL Elections (the SCL Group subsidiary connected to Cambridge Analytica) will now close their doors.
During the call, Wheatland said that the board determined that rebranding the company’s offerings in the current environment is “futile.”.
Cambridge Analytica and the SCL Group have offices in London, New York City, Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
We have reached out to Cambridge Analytica for more information and will update this story if we hear back.
Update 2:10pm: Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, SCL Group founder Nigel Oakes confirmed that both Cambridge Analytica and the SCL Group are shutting down.
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