Christopher Nixon Cox (born March 14, 1979) is an American lawyer based in New York. He is the son of

Tricia Nixon Cox Patricia Nixon Cox ( Nixon; born February 21, 1946) is the elder daughter of the 37th United States president Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, and sister to Julie Nixon Eisenhower. She is married to Edward F. Cox and is the mother of Chr ...

and Edward F. Cox, and grandson of

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and

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. Cox is the CEO of Lightswitch Capital, a private equity fund investing in biotech companies.

Early life and education

Christopher Nixon Cox was born on 14 March 1979 at

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, the only child of former New York State GOP Chairman Edward F. Cox and

, older daughter of

, 37th

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from 1969 to 1974. He graduated ''

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'' from

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with an A.B. in Politics. He then went on to receive his J.D. from

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and a certificate in finance from the

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Career

Cox is the CEO of Lightswitch Capital, a private equity fund investing in biotech companies and is a member of the Board of Directors of several privately held companies including Alto Neuroscience. Cox serves on the board of trustees of the American University of Afghanistan and the Board of Trustees of the Command and General Staff College Foundation. Cox is a member of the Board of Directors of the Nixon Foundation and a member of The Nixon Seminar on Conservative Realism and National Security co-chaired by Secretary Michael R. Pompeo and Ambassador Robert C. O'Brien. Cox is a frequent guest on national and international news programs including Fox News, Newsmax TV, Bloomberg TV, CNBC, ABC News, CNN, BBC, NBC and other news outlets and has published numerous articles including in The Hill, L’Express, Newsmax, Foxnews.com and the South China Morning Post. Cox is a non-resident fellow at the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University. Cox served as Senator

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's executive director for New York State during the 2008 presidential campaign and is co-founder of the consulting firm, OC Global Partners, LLC. Previously, Cox was a corporate associate at the law firm of

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in their New York office where he worked in the Private Equity Group. Recently, Cox was Vice Chairman of Brightsphere Investment Group.

2010 congressional campaign

In 2010, Cox finished third in the Republican primary for

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, behind businessman

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and former SEC Enforcement Attorney

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. He was endorsed by the Suffolk County 9/12 Project. On July 21, he was endorsed by former Florida Governor

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. Cox was also endorsed by State Senate Republican Leader

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, Suffolk County Conservative Party First Executive Chairman Bill Fries, and State Senator

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. Cox was also endorsed by several former contestants in the race, including

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and New York State Assemblyman

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(R – Smithtown).

Personal life

On June 4, 2011, Cox married Andrea Catsimatidis, daughter of

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billionaire

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, at the Greek Orthodox

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on New York's

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. The couple filed for divorce on December 17, 2014.Marsh, Julia (December 18, 2014)
Catsimatidis' daughter files for divorce from husband of 3 years
''New York Post''. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

References

External links

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