Since establishing his initial venture, Eagle Eye, he has been involved brands including Staud, BaubleBar, NIHI Sumba, Guggenheim Partners, Tory Burch, Voss, Win Brands, Rappi, Danielle Guizio, Solid & Striped, Urbanic, Thursday Boots, SuperOrdinary, Barber Surgeon Guild, Faena Hotel + Universe, Jawbone, and Poppin.

In 1976, while an undergraduate at Ithaca College, Burch and his brother Robert started Eagle's Eye apparel with a $2,000 investment, buying sweaters for $10 each and selling them for $15.

[11][12] Burch decided to find a factory to produce a new brand of "preppy" sweaters so that he could sell them door-to-door on campus.

[13] Over the next decade, the company expanded to $140 million in sales[11] and a national distribution footprint, including more than 50 of its own retail stores.

[22] Burch then founded J.B. Christopher, a supplier of construction materials to real estate developers, in 2006.

[25] He subsequently undertook a renovation project that was left unfinished before the property was once again put on the market.

[27] In 1993, Burch was a producer for the feature-length romantic comedy film Watch It, directed by Tom Flynn, which received a favorable review from the New York Times.

[28] He was an early investor in the IPO for Internet Capital Group,[4] and has made investments in telecommunications, including Aliph[29] and Powermat.

In 1996, he married the fashion designer Tory Robinson[7][33][34] with whom he had three children, all sons: twins Henry and Nicholas (b.