[1] Tisch was born in 1949,[2] the son of Wilma "Billie" (née Stein) and Laurence A.

[11] Tisch worked for the family business, Loews Corporation, after school.

He was president of Bulova from 1979 to 1989;[12] and in 1990, he was named chairman and chief executive officer of Lorillard Tobacco Company where he was until 1995.

Tisch's other first cousin — Jon's brother — is Steve Tisch, the movie mogul who produced Forrest Gump, Risky Business, and other big-budget Hollywood films, as well as co-owner of the National Football League's New York Giants.

[15] He was the chairman of the Economic Club of New York, a trustee for the Brookings Institution, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.