Lyon Capital Services brings together experts from key international markets and industry segments, led by Michael Lyon.

Michael J. Lyon

President 

Mr. Lyon brings to Lyon Capital a comprehensive, pragmatic,  international business development and international business management track-record and experience in over 90 countries over a 30-year period.  

Mr. Lyon previously served as Vice President of Space Adventures, an international firm that is the global leader in space tourism, and the first firm to send tourists to the International Space Station.  Mr. Lyon worked extensively on the $20 million flights of Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth aboard Russian spacecraft. 

Mr. Lyon served as President of Capital Internet, a leader in affinity-based marketing through the Internet, and President of Lyon Capital RE, a real estate investment firm with a track record of completing over $400 million in real estate-related transactions and debt restructurings. 

Mr. Lyon served as the Special Assistant to L. William Seidman at the 14,000 person Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Resolution Trust Corporation (U.S. Government Agencies) during America's Savings &   Loan financial crisis, and as an Assistant Director for Resolutions at the RTC dealing with larger failed thrifts (over $500 million in assets).

He served as General Counsel and Director of Business Development at the real estate workout and management company of J.E. Robert Company, one of America’s largest real estate workout firms with over $3 billion under management. 

Mr. Lyon practiced law at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Covington and Burling. 

Mr. Lyon serves as an Adjunct Professor at the George Mason University School of Management.

Mr. Lyon received his J.D. (cum laude) from the Harvard Law School, and his B.A. (summa cum laude) in History from Brandeis University.  He also attended the London School of Economics.



Experience in 90 Countries over 30 Years.