- In the fall of 1997, Spencer went from Dallas to Colgate University, in upstate New York. He starred there in a production of Oscar Wilde's classic play "The Importance of Being Earnest". Classmates who saw Spencer in that period report that he took on a Wildean air, dressing foppishly and affecting accents. This is one of the roots of the rumor, that Spencer might be homosexual, but he denies it. [from: The Atlantic, June 2017].
- Credited with coining the term "alt-right" or "alternative-right" in 2008.
- Used to be a Ph.D. candidate at Duke University's history department before leaving academia to become a far-right political activist.
- Married to Russian Canadian Nina Kouprianova, who also writes under the name Nina Byzantina. She published articles lionizing Vladimir Putin, criticizing western media and appeared on the Russia Today (RT) network with anti-Ukrainian talking points. The couple has a young daughter.
- President of The National Policy Institute (NPI), a right-wing think tank, which promotes white supremacy, antisemitism, racial segregation and a "peaceful ethnic cleansing" of the USA. According to a June 2017 article in 'The Atlantic', the NPI is essentially a one-man operation and Spencer himself is the only paid employee.
- Spencer is the son of wealthy parents. His mother is the heiress to cotton farms in Louisiana, and his father is a respected Dallas ophthalmologist. The National Policy Institute (NPI)'s principal office in Whitefish, Montana, is owned by Spencer's mother.
- Spencer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but spent much of his childhood in Texas.
- Spencer cites Friedrich Nietzsche, Richard Wagner and Carl Schmitt among his intellectual influences - just like the Nazis did in the Third Reich (1933-1945) - and they inspired him to study in Germany. He arrived there in 2002 and spent parts of the next few years studying German on the banks of the Chiemsee, a lake in Bavaria southeast of Munich. During this time he worked as a 'gofer' at the Bavarian State Opera and read German literature and history.
- Spencer is a James Bond fan. Pictures taken in his office show a Bond novel by Ian Fleming and a Bond poster. In an interview with W. Kamau Bell for CNN, he spoke out against the idea of casting a black actor as Bond, because it would be "too much" for him.
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