Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.

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American businessman of Lebanese origin

United States InvestorsBorn 1947 · age 79

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Fame53.4

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Languages15

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The real estate billionaire who turned a decades-long friendship with Donald Trump into three simultaneous diplomatic posts: U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Special Envoy for Syria, and Special Envoy for Iraq, all at once.

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Barrack, U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson, and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, August 2025

Awards 2

2010Knight of the Legion of Honour

2000Golden Plate Award

Connected to Thomas 6

Richard M. DaleyAlso won Golden Plate Award

Árpád GönczAlso won Golden Plate Award

Henry TaubeAlso won Golden Plate Award

Theodore RoethkeAlso won Golden Plate Award

Marisol EscobarAlso won Golden Plate Award

Philippe HalsmanAlso won Golden Plate Award

About this person

Thomas Joseph Barrack Jr., born April 28, 1947, built Colony Capital into a publicly traded real estate investment trust before stepping back as chairman. His parallel track ran through Trump's orbit - senior advisor to the 2016 campaign, chairman of the Inaugural Committee, the friend who'd defend him on cable news. That proximity held. After Senate confirmation in 2025, Barrack landed not one but three roles in Trump's second administration: Ambassador to Turkey, Special Envoy for Syria, Special Envoy for Iraq. A private equity career that made him wealthy, a friendship that made him indispensable, and now a diplomatic portfolio that puts him at the center of the Middle East's thorniest problems.

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United States