Isn’t this a British chap? Ted tried to play the Christian fundamentalist meme. The problem as I see it, is that he had an actual God to deal with, who had NOT promised him the world on a silver platter. I am not sure Mercer understood the forces in play. Trump is competing on far more secular grounds.
No, Robert Mercer has a PHD in Computer Science from the Univ. of Illinois and worked for IBM. He has also given lots of money to the Heritage Foundation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mercer_(businessman)