[1] He was the chairman and founder of the Dallah al Baraka Group (DBHC), one of the Middle East's largest conglomerates.

[1] Saleh Kamel was the founder and chairman of Dallah Albaraka, a multi-national holding company with investments including the financial, banking, healthcare, real estate, manufacturing, transportation, and operations and maintenance sectors.

He attempted to significantly expand trade among member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation countries and to promote Jeddah as a leading international port and hub for global commerce.

In his capacity as chairman of DBHC and the JCC, he led numerous projects to promote the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a regional economic force.

Referring to global economic crises he said they would not have occurred if we had implemented an Islamic Hadith by Muhammad which says, "Do not sell what you do not own or possess."

In 2010, his son, CEO of DHBC, donated $10 million to Yale University to establish the Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization at Yale Law School [9][10] In addition to being chairman and member of many boards within his companies and sister companies, Kamel was a member of the boards of trustees and directors in many social, charitable and cultural societies and foundations such as the Arab Thought Foundation, King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundation for Gifted, the international academy for info & Media Sciences, Arab Academy for Financial & Banking and the Islamic Solidarity fund.

He owned the ART TV network, the only sports channels that broadcast the 2002 and 2006 FIFA world cups in the Middle East.

[18] Despite controversy surrounding his philanthropic work, the District Court ruled that Kamel had never knowingly abetted any extremist entities.

Kamel has consistently stated that his company and philanthropic work remain committed to fostering dialogue and inter-religious understanding.