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Stephen B. Burke Chief Operating Officer, Comcast Corporation |
Steve Burke joined Comcast in 1998 as President of Comcast Cable and has been a driving force in the Company’s growth from a cable industry leader to one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. Under Mr. Burke’s leadership, Comcast has become the largest cable company, largest residential internet service provider, third largest phone company in America and recently launched a wireless business. In addition to overseeing the Company’s products and services, Mr. Burke oversees Comcast’s programming networks, advertising and Comcast Interactive Media.
Since his arrival at Comcast, Mr. Burke has led Comcast to leadership in multiplatform video entertainment distribution, including the Company's industry changing video on demand platform and online video offerings. Comcast's On Demand service, which was introduced in 2003, now offers more than 17,000 choices a month and has had over 15 billion customer views since launch. Mr. Burke has been praised for leading the highly successful integration of AT&T Broadband with Comcast.
Before joining Comcast, Mr. Burke served with The Walt Disney Company as President of ABC Broadcasting. Mr. Burke 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.
Mr. Burke serves on the Board of Directors for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and he is the Chairman of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – rated the #1 children’s hospital by U.S. News & World Report in 2009.
Mr. Burke, 51, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colgate University and earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He lives in Haverford, PA, with his wife and five children.
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