The LionTree Podcast

Tune in for a special episode in collaboration with University of California, San Diego's “Tritoncast,” LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff joins his alma mater to celebrate the unveiling of the new LionTree Arena on campus. Since its relatively recent founding in 1960, UCSD has climbed the academic rankings to become one of the Top 20 research universities in the world. With this strong academic foundati...

Rachel Kraus is the Managing Director/Partner at DoAble, a brand strategy and marketing collective and Executive-in-Residence at LionTree. In this episode of Listen on Purpose , Deputy Director of the New Museum Isolde Brielmaier discusses her multicultural upbringing, her unique career path, and elevating mundane business transactions to transformative interactions. This podcast is for informatio...

On the eve of the US midterm elections, LionTree Founder and CEO Aryeh B. Bourkoff catches up with Rashida Jones, the President of MSNBC, who has served in that role since February of 2021. The first black executive to lead a major news network, Rashida discusses the multifaceted approach she is taking to redefining the network’s brand, as well as her experiences growing up in a majority white com...

Tune in as LionTree Managing Director John Traugott sits down with Closed Loop Partners CEO Ron Gonen. The pair discuss the life experiences that have led Ron through a varied career - from consulting and entrepreneurship, through public service and investing - aligning capitalism with positive environmental and social impact.  Find and rate KindredCast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you liste...

By popular demand, we present a replay of a conversation between LionTree Founder and CEO Aryeh B. Bourkoff and Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman, two of the co-Founders of political media brand Punchbowl News, recorded last June. Anna and Jake were co-authors of the must-read Politico Playbook before leaving to launch the business at the beginning of 2021. With midterms just a month away, tune in to h...

Rachel Kraus is the Managing Director/Partner at DoAble, a brand strategy and marketing collective and Executive-in-Residence at LionTree. In the first episode of the new miniseries, Listen on Purpose , Rachel speaks with Justice Richard Bernstein of the Supreme Court of Michigan about finding hope, faith, and purpose in life’s hardest moments. This podcast is for information purposes only. The op...

Tune in as LionTree Partner Allison Ross checks in with Artie CEO Ryan Horrigan. The web3 company's mission is to build a universe of characters for app-less mobile gaming - allowing users to play across the social sphere, from Discord to Twitter. In addition to sharing some details about an upcoming game they're developing in-house, which blends NFTs and traditional gaming loot, Ryan offers his v...

LionTree Co-Head of Growth Alex Michael sits down with icon Paris Hilton and her husband Carter Reum in their first podcast interview together. Though she essentially created the personal brand industry, building it into a multi-pronged, billion-dollar business, Paris shows no signs of slowing down. Thirty fragrances, three books, 19 product lines, the Roblox Metaverse “Paris World” - there’s a LO...

Joining Microsoft as an intern in 1988, Phil Spencer has been part of the company’s entire gaming journey. Now, as CEO of Microsoft Gaming, he sits down with Vaizey View host Lord Ed Vaizey to discuss the company’s commitment to reflecting the diversity of the 3 billion strong gaming community, as well as the steps Microsoft is taking to democratize who can make these games. It’s an honest and ins...

LionTree Founder and CEO Aryeh B. Bourkoff has a freewheeling and insightful conversation with Maverick Carter, who has gone from high school teammate of LeBron James to serving as CEO of The SpringHill Company, which includes SpringHill Entertainment, the content and production company the pair launched in 2007, and Uninterrupted, a platform that allows world-class athletes to share their stories...

Michael Lynton has worn many hats, having served as CEO of Sony Entertainment and Sony Pictures as well as CEO of AOL Europe. Now, as the Chairman of both Snap, Inc. and Warner Music Group, he's in a unique position to understand how the consumer mindset is evolving. In this exclusive conversation with Alex Michael, LionTree's Co-Head of Growth, Michael discusses the characteristics that make for...

Join LionTree Co-Head of Growth Alex Michael as he dialogues with best-selling author, pundit and Pushkin Industries President and co-Founder Malcolm Gladwell - literally and figuratively one of the leading voices in the audio space. Hear the celebrated business thinker and intellectual contrarian opine on everything from why it’s smart for Pushkin to make big budget audiobooks to what he sees as...

In a conversation recorded in March, Managing Director of LionTree and co-founder of Griffin Gaming Partners Nick Tuosto and Take-Two Interactive Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick catch up on a multitude of topics, from Strauss’s personal inspiration and management philosophy to the current state of the gaming industry. Find and rate KindredCast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more co...

Join Howard Han, LionTree’s Head of Principal Investments & Merchant Banking, as he gets the lowdown on the travel industry’s post-Covid mojo from Johannes Reck, the co-Founder and CEO of GetYourGuide. In a world in which 50% of travel is still booked offline, GetYourGuide is driving the transformation to help globetrotters book one-of-a-kind experiences at the most sought-after destinations....

Join LionTree Co-Head of Growth Alex Michael as he sits down with author, investor and podcasting north star Tim Ferriss. Tim - the author of five #1 New York TImes/Wall Street Journal best-sellers (including “The 4-Hour Workweek”), investor in companies like Facebook, Uber, Twitter and many more, and chief cook and bottle washer of “The Tim Ferriss Show” podcast - brings his unique and intimate p...

Join LionTree Co-Head of Growth Alex Michael as he goes on a fantastic journey with multi-hyphenate entrepreneur, investor, author and creative executive Scott Belsky. Serving as the Chief Product Officer of Adobe’s Creative Cloud in the wake of the company’s 2012 acquisition of his start-up Behance, Scott shares his unique perspective on everything from polygamous careers to the possibility of we...

Aryeh joined Rich on his podcast, Out of Office, part of The Boardroom Podcast Network. Subscribe to Out of Office wherever you're listening to this podcast. Episode 58:  Founder and CEO of LionTree LLC, Aryeh Bourkoff Aryeh Bourkoff is a high-profile investor who has decades of experience in company research media and telecommunications megadeals. In this episode of Out Of Office, Aryeh...

Today, LionTree Chairman and CEO Aryeh B. Bourkoff and public markets lead Leslie Mallon discuss their expectations for 2022, reflected through the lens of Aryeh's year-end letter, "Unlock with Purpose," which can be read here (https://liontree.com/-/media/LTSaberTooth/YearEnd2021/LionTree-2021-Year-End-Letter-files/LionTree_YE_Letter_2021_vF.pdf). This annual conversation provides unique insight...

Today, Kindred Media’s Olivia Bourkoff gets the lowdown from Jonathan Reich, the CEO of mobile media company Zedge. With over 35 million monthly users around the globe personalizing their devices via Zedge's creator-friendly platform, Jonathan shares how the company is setting its sights on a greener, frictionless NFT solution for the masses. Tune in for an excellent look into the future of mobile...

Today we conduct our very own MasterClass, as LionTree and Kindred Media Founder and CEO Aryeh B. Bourkoff sits down with the man who has created that expert learning platform, David Rogier. Hosting one-of-a-kind courses from the biggest names in their field - everyone from Bob Iger and Serena Williams to a new course from Hillary Clinton - MasterClass is creating a curriculum unlike any other. Th...

On today’s show, LionTree and Kindred Media Founder and CEO Aryeh B. Bourkoff checks in from Paris with Sorare co-Founder and CEO Nicolas Julia. Sorare, a start-up founded in 2018, has seen over $250 Million in sales this year, as football (aka soccer) fans flock to the platform to buy, sell and trade digital player cards and compete in the global fantasy sports platform. The pair discuss the...

Today, LionTree’s Co-Head of Growth Alex Michael sits down with Buzzer Founder and CEO, Bo Han. Sports start-up Buzzer’s mission is to monetize key moments and history-in-the-making plays -- the ones that keep hopeful fans glued to their couches for hours on end. Han says Buzzer is embracing the ‘look down’ 2-screen viewing experience in order to bring a younger fanbase to the sports leagues and m...

Today, we're bringing you a bonus episode from the '3 Things' podcast, hosted by Ric Elias (Red Ventures). He recently interviewed Aryeh and we thought you'd enjoy the conversation. ---- Aryeh Bourkoff has been called "Media's Hottest Dealmaker." If you don't know him by name, you've definitely seen his work in the news - he's advised multi-billion-dollar media deals with AT&T, Amazon, Verizon...

Ellen Stofan, the Smithsonian’s Under Secretary for Science and Research, makes a timely appearance on today’s show. With a storied career that includes serving as NASA’s Chief Scientist from 2013-2016, Ellen provides an insider’s perspective on the latest developments around private and public space exploration. As she tells LionTree Executive in Residence Ariel Wengroff, “having multiple planets...

Today, Ben Sherwood, the Founder and CEO of the youth sports focused start-up Mojo, sits for a conversation with LionTree's co-head of Growth and resident sports nut, Alex Michael.  Ben brings a diverse resume to his latest company. From 2014-2019 he served as co-chair of Disney Media Networks and President of the Disney ABC television group. In addition to writing the New York Times best-sel...