# Brian L. Roberts
> Chairman and Co-CEO, Comcast Corporation at comcast corporation
- Profile type: Person
- Profile status: baseline
- Last updated: 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://thestateofstreaming.com/people/brian-roberts/
- Also known as: Brian Roberts, Brian L Roberts, Brian Roberts Comcast, Comcast CEO, Comcast Co-CEO, Comcast Chairman
## Summary
Brian L. Roberts is Chairman and Co-CEO of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA), which he has led since becoming CEO in 2002. Son of founder Ralph Roberts, he has served as president since 1990 and added the chairmanship in 2004. As architect of the NBCUniversal (2011) and Sky (2018) acquisitions, he shifted to a Co-CEO structure with Mike Cavanagh on January 2, 2026.

## Profile facts

- Current title: Chairman and Co-CEO, Comcast Corporation
- Current company: comcast corporation (https://thestateofstreaming.com/companies/comcast-corporation/)


## Career trajectory

- 1990-01-01 — President at comcast-corporation. Named president of Comcast at age 30; company had ~$657M annual revenue at the time.
- 2002-01-01 — Chief Executive Officer at comcast-corporation
- 2004-01-01 — Chairman of the Board at comcast-corporation. Added chairmanship to CEO role.
- 2011-01-28 — Chairman and CEO at comcast-corporation. Closed Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal from GE, vaulting the company into broadcast, cable networks, and film.
- 2018-10-09 — Chairman and CEO at comcast-corporation. Completed Comcast's $39B acquisition of Sky after a winning bid against Fox/Disney.
- 2026-01-02 — Chairman and Co-CEO at comcast-corporation. Versant Media Group spun off from Comcast (USA Network, CNBC, MS NOW, Golf Channel, E!, Syfy, Oxygen) the same day Cavanagh formally joined as Co-CEO.

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## Key facts

- Brian Roberts shifted to a Co-CEO structure with Mike Cavanagh at Comcast effective January 2, 2026, with Roberts continuing as Chairman. — Comcast Corporate: https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/mike-cavanagh-brian-roberts-co-chief-executive-officer
- Roberts' 2025 total compensation was $35.1 million (a 4% increase YoY), per Comcast's 2026 proxy disclosure. — Variety: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/comcast-brian-roberts-mike-cavanagh-2025-salary-pay-package-1236730015/
- Roberts was named president of Comcast in 1990, CEO in 2002, and chairman of the board in 2004. — Comcast Corporate: https://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/leadership-overview/brian-l-roberts
- Comcast completed its NBCUniversal acquisition on January 28, 2011, after FCC approval on January 18, 2011. — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast
- The Versant Media Group spinoff (USA Network, MS NOW, CNBC, Golf Channel, E!, Syfy, Oxygen) distributed shares after Nasdaq close on January 2, 2026; Versant began trading January 5, 2026. — Variety: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/comcast-completes-versant-spinoff-stock-public-company-1236623658/


## Related

- comcast corporation (Chairman and Co-CEO) — https://thestateofstreaming.com/companies/comcast-corporation/
- mike cavanagh (Co-CEO at Comcast (effective Jan 2, 2026)) — https://thestateofstreaming.com/people/mike-cavanagh/


## External coverage

- Comcast Corporation: Brian L. Roberts — Leadership Overview (https://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/leadership-overview/brian-l-roberts)
- Comcast Investor Relations: Brian Roberts — Board of Directors (https://www.cmcsa.com/board-directors-management/brian-roberts)
- 2026-04-15 — Variety: Comcast's Brian Roberts 2025 Pay Rises 4% to $35.1 Million, Co-CEO Mike Cavanagh Sees 154% Bump to $71.8 Million (https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/comcast-brian-roberts-mike-cavanagh-2025-salary-pay-package-1236730015/)
- 2025-09-29 — Comcast Corporation: Comcast Corporation's Mike Cavanagh to Join Brian Roberts as Co-Chief Executive Officer (https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/mike-cavanagh-brian-roberts-co-chief-executive-officer)
- 2026-01-05 — Variety: Comcast Completes Versant Spinoff, Cable Networks Company Stock Drops (https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/comcast-completes-versant-spinoff-stock-public-company-1236623658/)

## Profile
Brian Roberts is the second-generation steward of the company his father Ralph founded as a single-system Mississippi cable operator, and the architect of nearly every move that turned Comcast into a vertically integrated cable-broadband-content-and-theme-parks conglomerate. The 2026 transition to a Co-CEO structure with Mike Cavanagh, paired with the same-day Versant spinoff, marks the most significant reshaping of Comcast's leadership and asset mix in more than a decade.
## Coverage on The State of Streaming
- [Peacock Premium Plus Heads to The Roku Channel as Comcast Sells Q2 Inflection](https://thestateofstreaming.com/platforms/2026/04/comcast-q1-peacock-inflection-followups/) — 2026-04-26

## Tags

- executive
- chairman
- co-ceo
- cable
- media-conglomerate
- nasdaq
- cmcsa

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