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Stephen B. Burke is Chief Executive Officer of NBCUniversal. He oversees the company’s valuable portfolio of news, sports and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. Steve assumed this role in January 2011, upon the closing of Comcast and General Electric’s joint venture merging the assets of NBC Universal with Comcast’s programming assets. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Comcast Corporation, where he was a driving force in its growth from a cable industry leader to one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services.
Steve joined Comcast in 1998 as President of Comcast Cable. During his tenure, Comcast became the largest cable company, largest residential Internet service provider and third-largest phone company in America, along with launching a wireless business. Steve also led Comcast to leadership in multiplatform video entertainment distribution, including the company’s industry-changing video-on-demand platform and online video offerings. He has been praised for leading the highly successful integration of AT&T Broadband with Comcast.
Prior to Comcast, Steve served with The Walt Disney Company as President of ABC Broadcasting. Steve joined The Walt Disney Company in January 1986, where he helped to develop and found The Disney Stores. In 1992, he moved to Euro Disney S.A., where, as President and Chief Operating Officer, he helped to lead a comprehensive restructuring effort.
Steve serves on the board of directors of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Steve is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colgate University and earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He lives in New York with his wife and five children.
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Comcast creates incredible technology and entertainment that connects millions of people to the moments and experiences that matter most. They are a global media and technology company with three primary businesses: Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, and Sky. Comcast Cable is one of the United States’ largest video, high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers under the Xfinity brand, and also provides these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation services to residential customers under the Xfinity brand. Xfinity delivers the best entertainment to customers via X1, Flex and Stream. NBCUniversal is global and operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and Resorts. Sky is one of Europe's leading media and entertainment companies, connecting customers to a broad range of video content through its pay television services. It also provides communications services, including residential high-speed internet, phone, and wireless services. Sky operates the Sky News broadcast network and sports and entertainment networks, produces original content, and has exclusive content rights. 23 million customers in six countries get brilliant TV, broadband and mobile from Sky. Additional business lines include Comcast Ventures, Comcast Technology Solutions, and Comcast Spectator. Comcast Ventures combines the resources of a global media and technology leader; the expertise of a leading venture fund; and the technical insight, scale, and experience of a strategic investor. Comcast Technology Solutions exists to provide the technologies businesses need in order to provide all these wonderful choices. Lastly, their Comcast Spectator segment is a national leader in the world of sports and entertainment with a portfolio of various professional sport franchises.