Bio

Aryeh B. Bourkoff is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of LionTree. Aryeh founded LionTree in 2012 to support the success and longevity of its relationships operating at the intersection of media and technology during a time of unprecedented disruption. Prior to founding LionTree, Aryeh spent 13 years at UBS, closing his tenure as Vice Chairman and Head of Americas Investment Banking. Before joining UBS, Aryeh was a high–yield research analyst at CIBC World Markets and Smith Barney and ranked as the number one cable and satellite analyst by Institutional Investor for seven consecutive years. Aryeh currently serves on the boards of Yahoo and Carnegie Hall and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Board of Trustees of The Paley Center for Media and the Royal Academy of Arts. He has produced several documentary films including “The Last Jews of Libya” and “Out of Print,” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Aryeh is a graduate of the University of California at San Diego.