Lyon Porter is the co-founder and creative director of Urban Cowboy Hotels. A former professional hockey player from Ohio, he later became one of New York City's top residential brokers with over $3 billion in closed sales and holds a master's degree in real estate development from NYU. In 2014, he opened the first Urban Cowboy as a five-room bed and breakfast in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — a passion project that landed in every major magazine in the world within six months. He has since co-founded and designed every Urban Cowboy property alongside his partner and co-founder Jersey Banks.