He is the founder and chief executive officer of LionTree LLC, a global investment and merchant banking firm focused on media, technology and telecommunications.
[5] Bourkoff began his career as a high-yield fixed income research analyst at Smith Barney from 1995 to 1997 and at CIBC World Markets Corp from 1997 to 1999.
[2] Institutional Investor also named him a top ranked fixed-income analyst in the cable and satellite sector from 2000 to 2007.
[13] In 2021, he was described as 'media's hottest dealmaker' by The Hollywood Reporter, noting his role in organize WarnerMedia's merger with Discovery and Amazon's acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
[13] Today, Bourkoff serves as a trustee of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.