Sean J. Conlon

Sean J. Conlon is an Irish-American businessman, real estate entrepreneur, investor, television personality and philanthropist. He grew up in Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland before moving to Chicago.

He is chairman and founder of Conlon & Co, CONLON/Christie's International Real Estate, CONLON Commercial and Conlon Capital. He is a co-host of The Deed, an unscripted television series focused on real estate investing on CNBC.[1]

Early life

Conlon was born in Birmingham, England to Irish parents[2] and raised in Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland.[3] Before migrating to America in 1990, Conlon attended the College of Marketing and Design, Dublin and worked in London as credit analyst.[2]

Career

In 1993, Conlon joined Koenig & Strey.[4] He was recognized as a leader among real estate agents with annual transactions sales exceeding $150 million.[4]

In January 2000, Conlon formed Sussex & Reilly ("Sussex"), an Illinois-based real estate brokerage firm.[5] He sold his interest in Sussex in 2006.[6]

Since 2002, Conlon has been a partner of Van & Conlon. In 2004, in partnership with others, he acquired Near North National Title, which was established in 1988 and processes billions of dollars in US real estate transactions each year. He sold Near North in February 2010. In 2005, Sean founded Connaught Real Estate Finance, a $100 million mezzanine fund that lends money to developers.[7][8][9]

In 2009, he returned to residential real estate brokerage. In June 2013, Conlon became affiliated with one of the world’s real estate networks, Christie’s International Real Estate. Conlon is the Christie’s exclusive affiliate in Chicago.[10][11]

In 2017, he launched Conlon Capital, which focuses on commercial real estate lending.[12]

Television personality

In November 2016, CNBC announced that Sean would be the co-host of its newest show The Deed, which premiered in March 2017.[13] The show followed Conlon and Sidney Torres, another real estate developer, as they assisted other real estate developers.[13]

In August 2017, CNBC announced that The Deed: Chicago was being renewed for a second season.[14]

References
  1. "CNBC ANNOUNCES FALL LINE UP". CNBC. 3 August 2017.
  2. Reynolds, John (18 October 2019). "Sean Conlon: not your ordinary property financier". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. Clifford, Catherine (28 March 2017). "Self-made millionaire went from janitor to real estate mogul". CNBC. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. Sharoff, Robert. "Top Performer: Sean Conlon". Realtor Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. Sharoff, Robert (June 2001). "Brokers Breaking Ground". Realtor Magazine.
  6. "Housing fallout: brokers brawl". Crain's Chicago Business. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  7. "Steve Horvath and Sean Conlon - Chicago Agent Magazine". Chicago Agent Magazine. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. "Conlon seeks boost from Christie's brand". Chicago Real Estate Daily. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  9. "Irish investors buying local retail properties". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  10. "Tour multi-million dollar homes in Dallas, Chicago". CNBC. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  11. "Kapos: Chicago's celebrity house-flipper". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  12. Sudo, Chuck (11 January 2017). "Aries Capital, Conlon Merger Aims To Create Top 5 U.S. Financing House". Forbes.
  13. CNBC (22 November 2016). "CNBC Greenlights New Primetime Real Estate Investment Series 'The Deed'". CNBC. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  14. "CNBC Announces Fall Lineup; Greenlights New Series and Returning Favorites; Expands Development Slate". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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