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 currently 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]

Biography

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

Business career

In 1993, he joined Koenig & Strey and within a few years, Sean became recognized as one of the leading sellers of residential real estate in the U.S.[2] He set yearly sales records nationally among real estate agents that exceeded $150 million.[3]

Conlon made his name buying small homes and replacing them with three-story condominiums and single family homes.[4]

Previously in Chicago, builders created developments and brought them to estate agents who sold them, but Conlon devised a new formula where he found the land, architect, builders and then marketed the entire project.[5]

In January 2000, Conlon formed Sussex & Reilly ("Sussex"), an Illinois-based real estate brokerage firm. The firm began with a 10-person staff and quickly became a major player in Chicago residential real estate.[6] Sussex grew to over 300 employees and annual brokerage sales volume in excess of $1 billion. He subsequently sold Sussex in 2006. Since 2002, Conlon has been a partner of Van & Conlon, which has built and developed 100 vacation homes. In 2004, in partnership, he acquired Near North National Title, which was established in 1988, and handles up to $5 billion in real estate transactions annually across the US. He sold Near North in February 2010. In 2005, Sean launched Connaught Real Estate Finance, a $100 million mezzanine fund that lends money to developers.[7][8][9][10]

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. Christie's is one of the oldest privately held brands in the world. Their International Real Estate division specializes in high-end properties and has offices worldwide, including London, Sydney, Italy, New York and Hong Kong, and Chicago. CONLON is the Christie’s exclusive affiliate in Chicago.[11][12]

In 2017, he launched Conlon Capital, which focuses on commercial real estate lending,[13]

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. "The eight-episode one-hour series will follow Torres in New Orleans and Conlon in Chicago as they throw distressed developers a lifeline by offering them their own cash and expertise in exchange for a piece of the property and a percentage of the profits."[14]

The first of four episodes of The Deed: Chicago premiered on 29 March 2017 with subsequent episodes on the three following Wednesdays. the show consistently ranked in Showbuzzdaily's Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts and rated as high as the top 15 for its time slot[15].

In August 2017, CNBC announced that The Deed: Chicago was being renewed for a second season to air in 2018[16]

References

  1. ↑ "CNBC ANNOUNCES FALL LINE UP". CNBC.COM. 3 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Sharoff, Robert. "Top Performer: Sean Conlon". Realtor Magazine. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  3. ↑ Sharoff, Robert. "Top Performer: Sean Conlon". Realtor Magazine. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  4. ↑ Sharoff, Robert. "Top Performer: Sean Conlon". Realtor Magazine. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  5. ↑ Allen, Ted (1 February 1998). "Birth of a Salesman". Chicago Magazine.
  6. ↑ Sharoff, Robert (June 2001). ""Brokers Breaking Ground"". Realtor Magazine.
  7. ↑ "Steve Horvath and Sean Conlon - Chicago Agent Magazine". Chicagoagentmagazine.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Conlon seeks boost from Christie's brand". Chicagorealestatedaily.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Chicago Tribune". My.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Irish investors buying local retail properties". Chicagobusiness.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Tour multi-million dollar homes in Dallas, Chicago". CNBC. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Kapos: Chicago's celebrity house-flipper". Chicago.suntimes.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  13. ↑ Sudo, Chuck (11 January 2017). "Aries Capital, Conlon Merger Aims To Create Top 5 U.S. Financing House". Forbes.
  14. ↑ CNBC (2016-11-22). "CNBC Greenlights New Primetime Real Estate Investment Series 'The Deed'". CNBC. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  15. ↑ "ShowBuzzDaily". Showbuzzdaily.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "CNBC Announces Fall Lineup; Greenlights New Series and Returning Favorites; Expands Development Slate". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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