COMPANY

Mercenary firm founded as Blackwater USA in 1996 by former Navy SEAL and fundamentalist Christian Erik Prince. Received no-bid contracts from the Bush administration in Iraq, Afghanistan, and post-Katrina New Orleans. In 2009, Prince resigned as CEO. Amid scandals over misbehavior by Blackwater employees in Iraq, the company renamed itself Blackwater Worldwide in 2007, Xe Services in 2009, and Academi in 2011. Subsidiaries include Paravant LLC.

Official Website:
https://www.academi.com/

Corporate headquarters:
Moyock, NC

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Fred F. Fielding	Attorney	21-Mar-1939		White House Counsel to Reagan, GWB
Erik Prince	Business	6-Jun-1969		Founder of Blackwater Worldwide
Robert Richer	Business	11-Dec-1953		Total Intelligence Solutions
Joseph E. Schmitz	Government	c. 1956		Pentagon Inspector General, 2002-05

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Cofer Black	Government	c. 1950		Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 2002-04

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Ashcroft	Politician	9-May-1942		US Attorney General, 2001-05

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
A. B. Krongard	Business	1936		CIA Executive Director, 2001-04
Ken Starr	Government	21-Jul-1946		Special Prosecutor, Clinton's impeachment

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