Daniel Koppel (born 8 September 1977), known professionally as Danny K, is a South African singer, songwriter and actor. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wits University. Danny has been nominated multiple times for a SAMA (South African Music Award) and has won four times. He has two consecutive Kids Choice Awards, two consecutive Crystal Awards (People’s Choice Awards), YOU magazine Award for Best South African Musician, and The South African STYLE Award. Danny was also voted number 34 in the Heat Magazine’s Hot 100 for 2007. He was voted by First National Bank’s national survey as one of South Africa’s few role models, as well as South Africa’s most trustworthy 100 public personalities by Reader’s Digest, where he took 1st place, which saw the pot of R100 000 donated to Compassionate Friends, a grief-counseling service in memory of his late brother.

Many know the artist from the Danny K Hurts So Bad hit single that propelled him to fame. Besides this, the man is also famous for other things, such as being the founder of SHOUT: a South African crime-fighting charity.

Daniel Koppel is a co-founder and CEO of Prospera, a data company defining the future of agriculture through data science, machine vision and AI. Founded in 2014, the company operates globally and optimizes the production of thousands of fields, helping farmers achieve better yields, healthier crops and higher profits while using fewer resources. Prior to founding Prospera, Daniel worked in management consulting in the banking and electric utility industries. He holds a B.Sc. in computer science from The Hebrew University.