Jamal Daniel is a Syrian-American billionaire businessman, born in Tartus, Syria, who relocated to Lebanon at the age of five and completed high school at a Jesuit school. His family later moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where he attended university. He is the founder of Crest Investment Company and the media outlet Al-Monitor, and has been active in media production, serving as a producer on films including 'The Fundamentals of Caring' (2016), 'Beasts of No Nation' (2015), and 'Blinded by the Light' (2019). Daniel chairs The Levant Foundation and is involved in initiatives like the New Levant Initiative. He is noted for his political connections, with WikiLeaks documents highlighting close ties to the Bush family and the Assad family, particularly Bashar al-Assad, facilitating relations between the Assad regime and the White House, underscoring his role in bridging political and trade networks between the Middle East and the United States.