Name
Brian Roberts
Brian Roberts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School
United States
Comcast
$2,400,000,000
1281
#1281 Billionaires 2019
#388 Forbes 400 2003
Brian Roberts, the CEO and chairman of media and technology company Comcast, has sole voting power over approximately a third of the company's stockHis father Ralph (d.2015) was the founder of Comcast, where Brian had his first internship at age 15.Roberts became president in 1990 at age 31; seven years later, his father Ralph transferred the bulk of his voting shares in the company to him.Comcast, with 3 primary businesses, Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal and Sky, posted revenues of over $94.5 billion and a profit of $11.7 billion in 2018.In 2018, Comcast acquired UK-based Sky, the telecom and media company that operates Sky News broadcast network and produces original content.
A top ranked squash player, Roberts earned a gold medal with the U.S. team in 2005 and silver medals at the 1981, 1985 and 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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