Portrait of Brian Roberts

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Brian Roberts

Net worth $1.5B

Comcast · United States

Born
Jun 28, 1959
Age
66
Source
Comcast
Residence
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Brian Roberts is chairman and CEO of media and technology company Comcast.
  • His father Ralph Roberts (d. 2015) was the founder of Comcast, where Brian Roberts did his first internship at age 15.
  • Brian Roberts became president in 1990 at age 31; seven years later, his father transferred the bulk of his Comcast voting shares to him.
  • He now controls nearly a third of the company's voting power thanks to his super voting shares.
  • Comcast acquired the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers in 2016 and UK-based media and telecom conglomerate Sky in 2018.
  • A top ranked squash player, Roberts earned a gold medal with the U.S. team at the Maccabiah Games in Israel in 2005 and silver medals in 1981, 1985 and 1997.

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