A Rainmaker Seeks to Grow His Firm at a Time of Big Media and Tech Deals
- 6 years ago
A Rainmaker Seeks to Grow His Firm at a Time of Big Media and Tech Deals
And what started with a $2.6 billion investment into Charter has become a national cable empire
that includes the former Time Warner Cable — and the promise of yet more deal-making, led in part by Mr. Bourkoff and his boutique bank, LionTree.
And Mr. Bourkoff has also hired a number of advisers to serve as “entrepreneurs in residence,” including Ursula Burns, the former chief executive of Xerox,
and Betsy Morgan, the former chief executive of Glenn Beck’s The Blaze, who are meant to both bring in business opportunities and come up with new initiatives.
Five years ago, the investment banker Aryeh B. Bourkoff, on his own after having left UBS, hitched a ride on the private plane of the billionaire John C. Malone
and pitched a deal: Now was the time for the mogul to get back into the telecommunications business.
LionTree, powered by what media and telecom executives describe as Mr. Bourkoff’s nonstop networking, has already claimed a number of advisory assignments, from Charter’s deal for Time Warner Cable to Verizon’s purchases of AOL
and Yahoo to helping advise Snap Inc. on its initial public offering.
And what started with a $2.6 billion investment into Charter has become a national cable empire
that includes the former Time Warner Cable — and the promise of yet more deal-making, led in part by Mr. Bourkoff and his boutique bank, LionTree.
And Mr. Bourkoff has also hired a number of advisers to serve as “entrepreneurs in residence,” including Ursula Burns, the former chief executive of Xerox,
and Betsy Morgan, the former chief executive of Glenn Beck’s The Blaze, who are meant to both bring in business opportunities and come up with new initiatives.
Five years ago, the investment banker Aryeh B. Bourkoff, on his own after having left UBS, hitched a ride on the private plane of the billionaire John C. Malone
and pitched a deal: Now was the time for the mogul to get back into the telecommunications business.
LionTree, powered by what media and telecom executives describe as Mr. Bourkoff’s nonstop networking, has already claimed a number of advisory assignments, from Charter’s deal for Time Warner Cable to Verizon’s purchases of AOL
and Yahoo to helping advise Snap Inc. on its initial public offering.