Jon Erlichman

Jon Erlichman is a financial commentator and contributor on BNN Bloomberg. He previously anchored BNN Bloomberg’s morning program, "The Open," which airs between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. ET on weekdays. He also served as co-host of Bloomberg’s global program, "Bloomberg Markets,” which airs weekdays at 1:30 p.m. ET. Erlichman has experience as a scoop-oriented reporter, and is an accomplished interviewer of top global CEOs and a digital innovator. After helping launch BNN Bloomberg in 1999, known then as ROBTV, he spent nearly a decade with the channel before leaving and rejoining in March 2016. He helped to break multiple stories for BNN Bloomberg and CTV News. In February 2017, Erlichman was first to report exclusive details of the planned meeting between then-U.S. president Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and leading women executives at the White House. He also authored an in-depth piece on the fast-growing artificial intelligence industry, called “Better than humans: Vanguards of the AI arms race.” On BNN Bloomberg’s "Sidelines," which also airs on CTV, Erlichman interviewed athletes such as Connor McDavid, Tony Parker, Danica Patrick and Georges St-Pierre, along with entertainers such as Robert De Niro, Ice Cube, Dan Aykroyd and Charli XCX. Erlichman previously served as a correspondent for ABC News in Los Angeles. Beginning in September 2014, he covered high-profile stories for the network, such as the cyberattack at Sony Pictures, Harrison Ford’s plane crash, and the Ebola crisis in Dallas. Erlichman also spent more than six years working for Bloomberg Television. He joined the U.S. network in June 2008 as a New York-based anchor and reporter, covering the financial markets. During the financial crisis, he routinely reported from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Erlichman also helped spearhead Bloomberg Television’s coverage of General Motors’ bankruptcy, the Bernie Madoff fraud case, and the SEC’s case against Goldman Sachs. He interviewed leading investors, such as David Einhorn, Tom Barrack, Tom Marsico, Alec Gores, Michael Burry and Barry Rosenstein, and provided daily commentary on Bloomberg Radio. Stories Erlichman broke included Mark Cuban’s planned sale of Landmark Cinemas and Lionsgate’s attempts to reduce Carl Icahn’s stake in the company. In November 2011, Erlichman relocated to San Francisco to help lead Bloomberg Television’s Silicon Valley coverage and join the daily program, “Bloomberg Technology.” In that role, he interviewed many media and tech leaders, including Barry Diller, Jimmy Iovine, Daniel Ek, Brian Roberts, Tim Westergren, John Donahoe, Ev Williams, Dennis Crowley, Jonah Peretti, Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull and Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman. He reported live from the launch of numerous Apple product events, Facebook headquarters on the day of the company’s initial public offering, and from Twitter headquarters during its IPO. In co-ordination with Bloomberg News, Erlichman broke stories like Twitter’s internal goal of reaching US$1 billion in revenue, Zynga’s planned secondary offering, Motorola’s planned edge-to-edge phone, and Siri co-founder Adam Cheyer’s departure from Apple. In 2013, Erlichman helped create Bloomberg’s first West Coast technology conference, the Next Big Thing Summit. Erlichman relocated to Los Angeles in July 2013 to further establish Bloomberg Television’s West Coast presence. In that role, he routinely broke news and interviewed top entertainment industry players, including Brian Grazer, Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Eisner, Ron Howard, David Zaslav, Jon Favreau, Vince Gilligan, Bob Odenkirk, "Frozen" directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, Fox’s Jim Gianopulos, will.i.am, Kobe Brant, Robert Rodriguez, "Maleficent" producer Joe Roth, Jim Dolan, Irving Azoff, Mike Medavoy, Ryan Kavanaugh, Haim Saban, and BlackBerry CEO John Chen. Erlichman reported extensively on the future of film and television, and hosted Bloomberg’s “Business of Entertainment” events, featuring guests like Disney’s Alan Horn and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos. The events were sponsored by Bloomberg and the Tribeca Film Festival. He also appeared daily on the Bloomberg Radio show, “Taking Stock.” Along with breaking news on Microsoft’s hiring of Satya Nadella as CEO, he was first to report on AMC’s interest in acquiring BBC America, Time Warner’s interest in Fullscreen, CBS’s interest in CNN, Twitter’s hiring of a head of commerce, Xbox Studios' slate of original shows, Buzzfeed’s expected 2014 sales of US$120 million, Vice Media’s consideration of an IPO, Roku’s consideration of an IPO, Guggenheim’s investment in "House of Cards" creator Media Rights Capital, Jeff Gaspin and Jon Klein’s launch of the digital platform, "TAPP," and the launch of the "New Form" digital studio by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Discovery Communications. Erlichman has also written columns and articles for Fortune Magazine and The Wrap, and worked as a tech correspondent for the U.S. cable channel, HLN (Headline News). Beyond his traditional news experience, Erlichman is passionate about digital media. He served as a news advisor to Disney-owned Maker Studios, helping to launch news partnerships with ABC News. In August 2015, Erlichman helped launch Parachute TV, the first livestreaming TV channel on Twitter’s Periscope app. Parachute won Digital Entertainment World's 2016 startup award after reaching more than one million live viewers and launching more than 50 shows a week, with more than 100 top Periscope creators. Erlichman, who has more than 100,000 followers across all social media platforms, was profiled by AdWeek in its September 2015 cover story, “Meet The Newest Live-streaming Stars Every Brand Should Know About.” Business Insider also named him one of the “100 Tech People You Have To Follow On Twitter.” Erlichman frequently serves as a moderator and MC at events such as the Top 40 Under 40, CEO of The Year, Tribeca Film Festival, The Wrap’s TheGrill Conference, and NATPE Miami gatherings. Erlichman majored in economics at the University of Western Ontario's Huron College, graduating summa cum laude. He was the gold medalist for his outstanding academic performance. Erlichman is based in Toronto, where he lives with his two daughters and his wife, actor and entrepreneur Caroline Lesley.