Born in Houston, Texas, Burton and his family moved to Williamsburg, Virginia and then to St. Louis, Missouri, where he graduated from high school before returning to Texas to attend Southern Methodist University. After playing football and lacrosse and earning his degrees in business and philosophy, Burton went to work for a major consulting company before moving on to the internet industry. He became the VP of Marketing and PR for a national Internet Service Provider.

Focused on learning more about business and earning his MBA, Burton attended the Kellogg Graduate School of Business and graduated in 2000, when he moved west to San Francisco so he could work in the heart of Silicon Valley. After three years of working in technology, he moved to Los Angeles where he is currently residing.

With family in Texas, Burton spends a significant amount of time there and enjoys being on the family ranch while catching up with his friends on the lakes. An avid hunter, Burton has hunted everything from birds to larger animals, including white tail deer, hogs, and nilgai. Fishing has also been a passion of his as is spear fishing in the waters from Mexico to Hawaii.

Because of his love of the outdoors, Burton enjoys just about every adventurous activity out there, including mountain biking, hiking, kayaking, SCUBA diving (advanced certification), swimming (he swam from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco 5 times), sky diving, bungee jumping (including 300-ft drop from a bridge in New Zealand), snowboarding/skiing, horseback riding, and mountain climbing (in Kilimanjaro, Base Camp of Everest, Mt. Rainier). After years of triathlons, he decided to combine many of these disciplines to participate in adventure races ranging from three 48 hours and ultimately achieved a long-time goal by racing in the Eco-Challenge Fiji in 2002. When not in the outdoors, he enjoys painting and drawing as well as dabbling in amateur photography.

Having been fortunate to travel while growing up, he has been to over 35 countries on six continents and has gained an unlimited number of memories. He has been backpacking around the South Pacific (Fiji, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia) has lived and studied in both Thailand and England. Realizing there is so much more out there, his strong desire to travel and experience new and exciting places/people/adventures continues to lead him on journeys everywhere around the globe.

In the summer of 2003, Burton was chosen to be on "Survivor: Pearl Islands" which was a dream come true. While the majority of the contestants were uncomfortable and unhappy much of the time, Burton was in his element, being one of the only two food providers living off the land, participating and winning more challenges than anyone else in the game, and having his own personal lagoon to swim around and fish in all day long. He ultimately finished in fifth place and had an amazing time.

Recently, Burton started a production company, Burton Roberts Productions, focused on reality TV and travel production. He is also the CEO and host of the Yacht Channel, an Internet portal and original content production company based around the yachting industry. To date, trips for the company have included traveling to Mexico, southern France, Monaco, and Antigua.

With so many experiences under his belt and such a strong desire to try new and different things, Burton is always looking for his next “adventure” and cannot wait for them to come his way.