Brian Roberts: Chairman and CEO of Comcast
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Brian Roberts became Comcast's president at 31 in 1990 and CEO in 2002, growing revenue from $657 million to $122 billion by 2024.
About Brian Roberts: Chairman and CEO of Comcast
Brian L. Roberts (born June 28, 1959, in Philadelphia) is an American entrepreneur, business executive and billionaire, the chairman and CEO of Comcast, a multinational telecommunications and media company founded by his father, Ralph J. Roberts. He was named president of Comcast in 1990 and became CEO in 2002. Roberts was born into a Jewish family, the son of Ralph J. Roberts and Suzanne Fleisher, an actress and playwright who died in 2020; his maternal grandfather, Alfred W. Fleisher, was a real estate investor and philanthropist. He graduated from Germantown Academy and earned a BS from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981. After graduating from Wharton he began at Comcast as a manager of cable system marketing, was promoted to executive vice president in 1987, and in 1990, at 31, became president when annual revenue was $657 million; revenue has since grown to $122 billion by 2024. Sources: English Wikipedia (Brian L. Roberts, accessed September 2026).
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Chairman and CEO, Comcast
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Comcast Corporation
Telecommunications, Media