Daniel Abraham is the owner of the yacht Netanya 8. Daniel Abraham is the founder of Slim Fast, a brand of shakes, bars, snacks, packaged meals and other dietary supplement foods. Slim-Fast was started in 1977 as a brand name of the Thompson Medical Company which was founded by Abraham in the 1940s. In 1987, Abraham took the brand private and 13 years later sold Slim Fast to Unilever for USD 2.3 billion. Mr. Abraham is an active philanthropist to a variety of causes, including improving health care and nutrition and encouraging Middle East peace. His donation to the Mayo Clinic created the Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center. Abraham is founder of the Center for Middle East Peace in Washington, D.C. Daniel Abraham’s yacht Netanya 8 was named after the Israeli city of Netanya, where Abraham lived for a couple of years