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BRIAN
L. ROBERTS
President, Comcast Corporation
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Brian
L. Roberts is president and a director of Comcast Corporation, one
of the nation's leading providers of broadband cable services, electronic
commerce and entertainment programming. Before becoming president
in 1990, Brian held several senior management positions with Comcast.
Under
his leadership, Comcast has grown ten-fold into a Fortune 500 company
with 35,000 employees, regularly outperforming cable industry peers,
the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 over the past decade. Comcast's market
value is estimated at $40 billion and 2000 revenues exceeded $8.2
billion.
Brian
has held several leadership positions for the cable television industry,
including chairman of the National Cable & Telecommunications
Association (NCTA) from 1995 to 1996, when the landmark deregulatory
1996 Telecommunications Act became law. He is currently NCTA treasurer
and serves on the NCTA's board and executive committee. From 1999
to 2001, Brian served as chairman of the cable industry's research
and development arm, CableLabs, where he is currently a director
and executive committee member.
Brian
is a board member of The Bank of New York, a member of the board
of trustees of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and was a founding co-chair
of Philadelphia 2000, the nonpartisan host committee that brought
the Republican National Convention to Philadelphia, the city's first
political convention in five decades. An All-American in squash,
he earned silver medals with the U.S. squash team at the 1981, 1985
and 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Brian, 42, is a graduate of
the Wharton School of Finance of the University of Pennsylvania
and lives in Philadelphia with his wife Aileen and their three children.
Comcast
Corporation is principally involved in the development, management
and operation of broadband cable networks, and in the provision
of electronic commerce and programming content. Comcast Cable is
the third largest cable company in the United States serving more
than 8.4 million cable subscribers. Comcast's commerce and content
businesses include majority ownership of QVC, Comcast-Spectacor,
Comcast SportsNet, The Golf Channel and Outdoor Life Network, a
controlling interest in E! Networks, and other programming investments.
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STEPHEN
B. BURKE
President, Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
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As
president of Comcast Cable Communications, Stephen B. Burke
has been a driving force in the company's growth from a cable
industry leader to a world-class communications company. Under
his leadership, Comcast has successfully launched new broadband
communications services including Comcast Digital Cable and
Comcast High-Speed Internet service.
During
his tenure, Comcast's cable subscriber base has increased
86% to 8.4 million customers in six geographic regions and
Comcast Cable has grown to more than 18,000 employees.
Steve's
work at Comcast has won him numerous industry awards, including
the 2001 Vanguard Award for Cable Operations Management. Steve's
leadership in the cable industry includes service on C-SPAN's
executive committee and on Cable in the Classroom's advisory
board. He also served on the Finance Committee of the George
W. Bush Presidential Exploratory Committee, Inc.
Prior
to joining Comcast in 1998, Steve served with The Walt Disney
Company as president of ABC Broadcasting, where he was responsible
for the 10 ABC-owned television stations; the ABC Radio Group,
consisting of 27 radio stations and eight radio networks;
and Buena Vista Television, the company's domestic syndication
arm.
Earlier
in his career at The Walt Disney Company, Steve founded and
expanded The Disney Stores, one of Disney's fastest growing
businesses, with more than 600 stores in 11 countries. In
1992, he moved to Euro Disney S.A. where, as president and
chief operating officer, he helped to lead a comprehensive
restructuring effort on the resort.
Steve
is a 1980 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colgate University in
Hamilton, New York, and a 1982 graduate of the Harvard Business
School. Steve, 43 resides in Haverford, PA with his wife Gretchen
and five children.
Comcast
Corporation is principally involved in the development, management
and operation of broadband cable networks, and in the provision
of electronic commerce and programming content. Comcast Cable
is the third largest cable company in the United States serving
more than 8.4 million cable subscribers. Comcast's commerce
and content businesses include majority ownership of QVC,
Comcast-Spectacor, Comcast SportsNet, The Golf Channel and
Outdoor Life Network, a controlling interest in E! Networks,
and other programming investments.
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RALPH
J. ROBERTS
Chairman, Comcast Corporation
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Starting
with the purchase of a single cable television system
in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1963, Ralph J. Roberts went
on to create one of the world's three largest cable
television companies in the United States. Comcast Corporation
is principally involved in the development, management
and operation of broadband cable networks and the provision
of programming content through principal ownership of
QVC, Comcast-Spectacor, Comcast SportsNet, and The Golf
Channel, a controlling interest in E! Networks and other
programming investments.
Mr.
Roberts has served as Chairman of Comcast since 1989.
Prior to that, he served as President and Chairman.
During the fifties, Mr. Roberts served as Executive
Vice President and Director of Advertising and later
as President and CEO of Pioneer Industries, a leading
men's accessories company. Earlier, he was a Vice President
with Muzak Corporation and an account executive with
Aitken Kynett Advertising Agency. Mr. Roberts graduated
from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
and served a four-year tour of duty in the U.S. Navy.
A
native of Philadelphia, Mr. Roberts is involved in numerous
community and civic activities. He currently serves
on the boards of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of
Commerce, the Council of Emeritus Directors of the Philadelphia
Orchestra and the Brandywine Museum and Conservancy,
and on the advisory board of the Greater Philadelphia
Urban Affairs Coalition. He served on the boards of
Philadelphia Electric Company and CoreStates Financial
Corporation, national and regional boards of the NCCJ,
the Philadelphia Orchestra and trustee of the Albert
Einstein Medical Center. He is also a Charter Member
of the World Business Council.
His
entrepreneurial and humanitarian endeavors have brought
him many awards, including the Distinguished Vanguard
Award for Leadership from the National Cable Television
Association, induction in the Broadcasting & Cable
Hall of Fame, the Academy of Achievement Golden Plate
Award, the Acres of Diamonds Entrepreneurial Excellence
Award from Temple University and the conferral of a
Doctor of Humane Letters by Holy Family College.
He
was honored by the Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith
with its Americanism Award and by the National Conference
of Christians and Jews with its Brotherhood Award. He
has also received Philadelphia's Edward Powell Award
for his contributions to the City, the Police Athletic
League Award, and the Urban League of Philadelphia's
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Leadership Award.
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