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How Aryeh Bourkoff Became Media's Hottest Dealmaker

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Even if you don’t know his name, you’re familiar with the megadeals — from WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery to Amazon’s purchase of MGM — that the LionTree investment banker has helped engineer: "He’s a face-to-face guy. He gets that this business is about connection." BY WILLIAM D. COHAN Fresh from the blockbuster deal that puts him in charge of one the world’s most important media companies, David Zaslav, the CEO of Discovery, is waxing poetic about an investment banker, of all things. And not a banker from Allen & Co. or JPMorgan Chase, which represented Discovery in its deal with AT&T for WarnerMedia. He’s talking about Aryeh Bourkoff, one of AT&T’s bankers. Zaslav remembers how one night, pre-pandemic, he invited Bourkoff to join him to see a James Taylor concert at The Apollo Theater in Harlem. Bourkoff showed up late, catching only the final three songs. “Where were you?” Zaslav asked. It turned out that earlier in the evening, Bourkoff had drinks with Randall Stephenson, the

Illustration by Max-o-matic ; Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty Images Fresh from the blockbuster deal that puts him in charge of one the world’s most important media companies, David Zaslav, the CEO of Discovery, is waxing poetic about an investment banker, of all things. And not a banker from Allen & Co. or JPMorgan Chase, which represented Discovery in its deal with AT&T for WarnerMedia . He’s talking about Aryeh Bourkoff, one of AT&T’s bankers. Zaslav remembers how one night, pre-pandemic, he invited Bourkoff to join him to see a James Taylor concert at The Apollo T

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