Hamlet Yousef was born in Tehran to an Armenian and Assyrian family, left Iran after it became an Islamic Republic, later worked as a Foreign Service and Diplomat Officer at the U.S. State Department on security and energy risk issues, and speaks Spanish, Armenian, Assyrian, and Farsi—giving him a direct personal connection to the regions and conflicts he now invests in. He evaluates new technology by asking whether it gives people more control over their own lives or makes it easier for governments to control them, follows how the war in Ukraine has changed drone warfare, and advises defense-focused companies like Magnet Defense, Atomic-6, and Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, while cautioning that national security investing requires real expertise rather than chasing trends.