Donald A. Nixon grew up in Southern California, served in the Vietnam War and attended various colleges and universities.
In the early 1970s, Nixon was encouraged by his family to undertake a position in finance with financier Robert Vesco in Europe.
While he lived in Geneva, he proved himself and over time, he and Vesco, the chairman of a substantial organization owning banks, mutual funds, real estate and various global entities, developed a relationship and Nixon became Vesco's live-in assistant; later conducting business globally with businesses and governments.
Cuba helped Nixon to create manufacturing facilities and clinical trials for an allegedly immunity-boosting drug derived from the citronella-based herbal remedy Viroxan.
[2] Vesco was later convicted of "economic crimes against the state" and sentenced to thirteen years in jail.