Steve Burke | |
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 Steve Burke when he was Comcast COO in 2008 | |
| Born | (1958-08-14)August 14, 1958 (age 67) |
| Education | Colgate University (BA) Harvard University (MBA) |
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| Board member of | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| Relatives | Daniel Burke (father) James E. Burke (uncle) |
Stephen B. Burke (born August 14, 1958) is an American businessman. He is the senior executive vice president ofComcast and chairman ofNBCUniversal.[1][2]
Steve Burke's father,Daniel Burke, was a former executive ofCapital Cities Communications, which acquired theABC network.[3] Steve Burke graduated fromColgate University in 1980.[4] In 1982, Burke graduated fromHarvard Business School with anMBA.[4]
Burke began his career as an associate product manager in the breakfast food division at General Foods.[5] In January 1986, Burke joinedThe Walt Disney Company and founded the Disney Store concept for the consumer product division.[3] From 1992 to 1996, Burke served as president and COO of Euro Disney.[4] In 1996, Burke was named executive vice president of ABC after the Walt Disney Company purchased the network.[6] The following year, Burke was named President ofABC Broadcasting.[7]
In 1998, Burke left Disney and became President ofComcast Cable.[8] In 2004, he was named Chief Operating Officer of Comcast Cable, in addition to his title of President.[9] In 2010, it was announced that Burke would become CEO of NBCUniversal after Comcast and General Electric completed a merger.[10] When Comcast andGeneral Electric finished merging the assets of NBCUniversal with Comcast's programming assets the following year, Burke resigned his position as COO of Comcast before becoming CEO ofNBCUniversal.[11]
In 2018, Burke led Comcast's acquisition of British pay-TV company,Sky, afterdropping out of the bidding war with Disney to purchase21st Century Fox.[12] In January 2019, Burke announced plans for NBCUniversal to launch a streaming service, later namedPeacock, in 2020 using Sky's existing OTT video platform.[13] Burke was succeeded as CEO of NBCUniversal byJeff Shell in 2020 but remained as chairman of the company's board of directors.[14]
As of 2009, Burke has served on the Board of Directors ofWarren Buffett'sBerkshire Hathaway andJPMorgan Chase.[15] He has also served on the board of trustees of theChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia.[16]
As of 2021, Burke became a board member foronX Maps out of Missoula, Montana. Following being appointed to the onXmaps board, he made a major investment in onXmaps through his family's investment company Madison Valley Partners.[17]
Steve Burke married his wife, Gretchen (née Hoadley) on July 23, 1983 and together they have five children.[5][18] Burke has homes in New York City, Los Angeles and Rancho Cordova.[19]
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| Preceded by | CEO ofNBC 2011-2019 | Succeeded by |
