1. Massad Fares Boulos is a Lebanese-born American businessman and a senior advisor to the president of the United States serving along with Elon Musk.
30 Facts About Massad Boulos
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Massad Boulos is the father of Michael Boulos and the father-in-law of Trump's daughter Tiffany.
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Massad Boulos supported Trump's successful presidential campaign in the 2024 presidential election, and campaigned for Trump in Arab American communities, particularly in Michigan.
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Massad Boulos rose to prominence in 2018 when his son began to date Tiffany Trump.
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Massad Boulos was born to Fares and Marie-Therese in Kfaraakka, Koura, Lebanon.
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Massad Boulos is the eldest of four siblings, Vivian, Philip and Michel.
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Massad Boulos holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University.
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Massad Boulos was described by President Donald Trump as "an accomplished lawyer" he applied to take the bar exam in Texas in 1996 but there is no evidence of his admission or that he actively worked as a lawyer in the United States or abroad.
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Massad Boulos's holds a minority share of $1.53 according to the company's latest annual report.
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Massad Boulos further added that "I've never gone into any details like that about the value".
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Massad Boulos confirmed to the NYT that he had no relationship with Boulos Enterprises, and that he did not correct public reports because he made a practice of not commenting on his businesses.
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The Transition Team issued a statement answering to the article published by the Business Insider declaring that: "The truth is Mr Massad Boulos is a highly respected businessman who has proudly served as the CEO of some of his family's group of companies based in West Africa for more than 27 years and his family has employed tens of thousands of people around the globe".
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Massad Boulos is acquainted with Christian politicians and parties in Lebanon from Suleiman Frangieh of the Marada Movement, considered aligned with Hezbollah, to the Free Patriotic Movement and anti-Hezbollah opposition parties like the Lebanese Forces.
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AP reported that Massad Boulos initially stood for parliament in Koura, but withdrew for another list involving the FPM, Marada and the communists.
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Massad Boulos sought to portray Trump as supportive of "global peace", according to Bahbah.
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Yassin K Fawaz, a political analyst, credits Boulos as bridging "the gap between Trump's campaign and these communities, ensuring that their concerns were not only heard but acted upon".
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Massad Boulos has acted as an intermediary between the Palestinian Authority and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas and Trump.
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Massad Boulos further clarified his position and reaffirmed the requirement that Hezbollah should disarm applies to the whole of Lebanon, not just areas south of the Litani river.
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The New Arab quotes Massad Boulos as saying that "the text is very clear in implementing United Nations resolutions, whether Resolution 1701 or 1559".
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Massad Boulos's meeting and declarations were criticized by Palestinian advocates as promoting the "normalization" of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
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Massad Boulos attended an Iftar dinner hosted by the Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter.
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In March 2025, Semafor reported that Massad Boulos would be appointed Special Envoy for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes Region, reportedly due to American interest in securing a minerals deal.
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Massad Boulos was later confirmed as Senior Advisor for Africa, making him the State Department's most senior official to work in the continent.
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Massad Boulos's appointment came after the White House failed three times to fill the position.
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Massad Boulos's appointment was described as part of a pivot in American foreign policy, boosting relations with Africa to curb growing Chinese and Russian influence.
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Massad Boulos subsequently announced that President Felix Tshisekedi agreed upon a path forward to develop a minerals agreement, allowing private US firms to work in the country and that the United States would use "all diplomatic and economic tools" to advance peace in the region.
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Massad Boulos discussed peace efforts with President Paul Kagame, reiterating the American position that Rwanda should withdraw all troops from Congo and to seize all military support for M23 rebels.
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Massad Boulos informally met President Bola Tinubu in Paris, and reportedly discussed bilateral relations and investments in Nigeria.
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Massad Boulos married Sarah Fadoul Boulos, who was born in Burkina Faso.
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Massad Boulos is a philanthropist, entrepreneur and dance coach who in 2005 founded the Society for the Performing Arts in Nigeria in a small studio in her garage, gradually increasing its profile in Nigerian society.