Neil Patel is the co-founder and CEO of the Tucker Carlson Network. He is also the founder and Publisher of The Daily Caller and the founder and Chairman of the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Neil served in the White House from 2001 to 2009. From 2001 to 2004, he was Staff Secretary to Vice President Dick Cheney. From 2005 to 2009, he served as the chief policy advisor to Vice President Cheney. Throughout his eight-year tenure, Neil also held the role of Assistant to the Vice President for Special Projects, working on national security and intelligence matters directly for the Vice President and the Chief of Staff. He maintained Top Secret and above security clearances during this period and regularly represented the Vice President in the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) process.

Prior to joining the Bush Administration, Neil was Assistant General Counsel at UUNET Technologies. Earlier in his career, he practiced law at Dechert Price & Rhoads and served as Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on U.S. National Security.

Neil received his B.A. from Trinity College (CT) and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Law and Policy in International Business.

He lives in Washington, D.C., and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with his wife, Amy, and their three children, Caroline, Bela, and Charlie. Neil serves on numerous boards and is actively involved in social and charitable initiatives