The LionTree Podcast

As the nation and the world continue to battle a global pandemic, LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff and public markets lead Leslie Mallon assess the ways in which this unanticipated event has shaken up the business landscape, and what the impact will be on the sector outlook and the M&A environment. Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more content, follow KindredCast on Tw...

What is it like to manage mission-critical communications infrastructure at a time when first responders and quarantined workers are most dependent upon it? Tune in as Verizon Communications Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg speaks with LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff about the company’s massive response to the global pandemic, and the steps they’re taking to keep everyone safe and connected now and goin...

As the world reels from the impact of COVID-19, LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff checks in to discuss the short- and longer-term impact of this crisis, how businesses can benefit from scarcity and learnings from our quarantine routines. Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more content, follow KindredCast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can hear our radio show on Siriu...

In her sophomore year at Boston University, Daniella Pierson had no prospects for a summer internship. So, she created a media company. Listen in as LionTree’s James Lindsay gets the origin story on The Newsette, which began as a newsletter and continues to expand into new horizons, including a front-page content partnership with Amazon. From dorm room to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in five years -- it’s...

We’re joined by businessman, philanthropist and Member of the Order of Canada Mitch Garber, a man credited with, among many other achievements, saving Caesar’s Entertainment from bankruptcy. LionTree’s Alex Michael sits down with Mitch in the Kindred Media Slopeside Studios in Deer Valley, Utah to get the scoop on the indefatigable businessman’s latest doings, which span his chairmanship of Cirque...

KindredCast decamps to Englewood, Colorado for an in-depth sit-down with Liberty Media Corporation’s President & CEO Greg Maffei, making his podcast debut. LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff gets the scoop on the company’s extensive portfolio, which includes subsidiaries Formula 1, SiriusXM and the Atlanta Braves, as well as an interest in Live Nation Entertainment. The LionTree team has advised Libe...

On the prior episode of KindredCast, LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff sat down with NYSE Group President Stacey Cunningham. Today, the tables are turned, as we present a special episode of the NYSE and Intercontinental Exchange’s podcast, “Inside the ICE House,” featuring Aryeh being interviewed by host Josh King. They discuss the landscape of tech and media, and why the 2020s will be the “Clash of the...

NYSE Group President Stacey Cunningham’s path from intern to the first woman to lead the exchange in its 228-year history is but one aspect of her amazing career. Today she sits down with LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff to delve into her management style and discuss the rapid changes that are transforming trading as well as the state of the IPO market. Find and rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever yo...

In what’s become an annual tradition, LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff and Leslie Mallon, who heads the company’s Public Markets division, sit down to reflect on the lessons from 2019 as they look forward to what the new year will bring to the business landscape. To read Aryeh’s 2019 Year-End Letter, “Scale Players In Motion,” please visit https://liontree.com/yearendletter Find and rate us on Apple Po...

Tune in for an exclusive and timely conversation between Shari Redstone, the Chairwoman of the newly merged entity ViacomCBS Inc., and Aryeh Bourkoff, LionTree’s CEO. Culled from two separate conversations – one at the Media 2.0 conference in Los Angeles in October, and one at the Paley Center for Media’s International Council Summit in New York City last month - Shari lays out her path to this hi...

Adriana Cisneros, the CEO of the media group that bears her family name, is taking the long view as she leads the Latin American powerhouse. As she tells LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff in a Paley Dialogue Luncheon at the Paley Center for Media in New York, “we’re playing it 50 years forward; everything we do, that is our horizon.” Listen in as she discusses her company’s massive new satellite broadba...

Multi-award winning producer Brian Grazer, who along with co-Founder Ron Howard drives powerhouse Imagine Entertainment, is on a mission; not just to tell the most exciting stories in film and TV, but to challenge himself to remain curious and engaged with a broad spectrum of thinkers. Listen in as he regales REDEF CEO + Chief Curator Jason Hirschhorn with lessons from his life and his view on the...

In her 13 years in business, entrepreneur Sophia Amoruso took her Nasty Gal eBay store to a $350 Million valuation, and, eventually, bankruptcy – while also writing a New York Times bestseller and inspiring a Netflix series. Now she’s back for round two, embracing her #Girlboss persona with an ambitious media company and professional network. LionTree’s Alex Michael gets the unadulterated scoop fo...

In the final episode of our two-part series, LionTree’s 2019 interns school us on topics they feel are “bubbling under” in the business and tech space. We’ll hear about the surprising stats that drive FinTech innovation, as well as a deep dive into the state of sports, covering everything from: newly legalized betting; how and why the power balance has shifted back to the players; and what role sp...

In part one of a two-part special, we flip the script to hear from LionTree’s 2019 interns on the topics they feel are “bubbling under” in the business and tech space. Subjects include: the way technology is empowering a new class of musicians and filmmakers; e-commerce’s role in driving small business; and generational shifts in technology. We’ll also hear an interview with the CEO of a SAAS mana...

The next generation of industry leaders gets their daily business news from Morning Brew – a millennial-led company with over 1.5 million subscribers and an industry-leading ~40% open rate. Morning Brew co-Founder and CEO Alex Lieberman – the youngest CEO to appear on KindredCast to date – walks LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff through the ‘aha’ moments and fresh thinking that have led to the company’s...

Today we close out our Summer Inspiration series, where we’ve been looking back at some of KindredCast’s most exhilarating moments. And what better way to wrap things up then with New York Times Op-Ed columnist and best-selling author David Brooks. LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff spoke to him on the eve of the release of his latest book, “The Second Mountain: The Quest For A Moral Life,” and David lai...

As we close out summer, we’re looking back at some of KindredCast’s most inspiring moments. Today, Dr. Habib Sadeghi – or Dr. S – the co-Founder of Be Hive of Healing Medical Center, draws on his personal health odyssey to deliver a unique prescription for how to live a healthy life. To hear the full show, check out episode 42. Also, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts,...

We’re continuing our summer look back at some of KindredCast’s most inspiring moments. Today, we check in with Apple Music’s Head of Content, Larry Jackson, whose non-stop grind – even after being expelled from high school two months prior to graduation – and artist-first mentality has led him to a unique and pivotal role in the music-tech space.  To hear the full show, check out episode...

As we close out summer, we’re looking back at some of KindredCast’s most inspiring moments. Today, listen in as Joanna Coles - the inspiration for and Executive Producer of the hit TV series “The Bold Type” - details her auspicious beginnings in the newspaper business. Coles, who was Heart’s first-ever Chief Creative Officer, announced she is launching Boudica later this year, a subscription-based...

As we close out summer, we’re looking back at some of KindredCast’s most inspiring moments. Today, we hear from Ron Meyer, Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal and one of Hollywood’s most iconic figures. A high school dropout and the child of Holocaust survivors, Ron talks about his unlikely ascent to Hollywood success and the personal philosophy that has bolstered him at every step. To hear the ful...

From his just-announced first look deal with Amazon Studios to his company's acquisition of Taylor Swift's catalogue via the Big Machine Label Group, Scooter Braun - the entertainment impresario guiding the careers of Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, J. Balvin, Demi Lovato and more - continues to drive the entertainment industry. It's a good time to revisit LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff's int...

Now boasting a $2.5B valuation, the UK-based digital bank Monzo has amassed over two million customers in four years. Founder and CEO Tom Blomfield, a 33-year old serial entrepreneur, sits with LionTree Executive in Residence and Member of Parliament Ed Vaizey to share the story of Monzo’s meteoric rise, its crowd-funded and customer-centric core and its path to profitability as he sets his sights...

In a lively conversation, Scott Galloway - entrepreneur, co-host of the Pivot podcast with Kara Swisher and Marketing professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business – gets down to brass tacks with LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff. The pair discuss everything from their shared educational background to Galloway’s case for tech regulation and the science behind his recently published book, “The Algebra of H...

In this special mini-episode, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Group controls over 400 companies, shares with LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff the inspiration behind his ambitious and industry-leading space companies: Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company and Virgin Orbit. His overarching goal: using “space exploration as a way of improving things back here on the earth.” Tune in for a glimpse of the...