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| birth_place =| death_date = | death_place = Colgate UniversityHarvard University (Master of Business Administration>MBA)| occupation = * Senior Executive Vice President of Comcast Corporation

• Chairman of NBCUniversal| boards = Berkshire Hathaway Inc.J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

}}Stephen B. Burke (born August 14, 1958) is an American businessman. He is the senior executive vice president of Comcast and chairman of NBCUniversal.U.S. Public Records Index Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.Burke replaces Zucker

Early life

Steve Burke’s father, Daniel Burke, was a former executive of Capital Cities Communications, which acquired the ABC network.NEWS, Arango, Tim, A Little Less Drama at NBC,www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/business/media/27nbc.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all, May 22, 2011, The New York Times, January 26, 2011, Carter, Bill, Steve Burke graduated from Colgate University in 1980. In 1982, Burke graduated from the Harvard Business School with an MBA.NEWS,www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-feb-12-fi-burke12-story.html, Ex-Disney Exec Burke Knows His New Prey, 2004-02-12, Los Angeles Times, 2019-04-22, en-US, 0458-3035,

Career

Burke began his career as an associate product manager in the breakfast food division at General Foods.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/1983/07/24/style/miss-hoadley-is-wed-to-stephen-b-burke.html, Miss Hoadley Is Wed To Stephen B. Burke, 1983-07-24, The New York Times, 2019-05-01, en-US, 0362-4331, In January 1986, Burke joined The Walt Disney Company and founded the Disney Store concept for the consumer product division. From 1992 to 1996, Burke served as president and COO of Euro Disney. In 1996, Burke was named executive vice president of ABC after the Walt Disney Company purchased the network.NEWS,www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-23-fi-51639-story.html, Burke Named President of ABC’s Broadcasting Unit, 1997-04-23, Los Angeles Times, 2019-04-22, en-US, 0458-3035, The following year, Burke was named President of ABC Broadcasting.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/business/technology-comcast-s-second-generation-no-2.html, TECHNOLOGY; Comcast’s Second-Generation No. 2, Fabrikant, Geraldine, 2003-03-17, The New York Times, 2019-04-22, en-US, 0362-4331, In 1998, Burke left Disney and became President of Comcast Cable.WEB,www.forbes.com/2009/12/01/stephen-burke-comcast-nbc-business-entertainment-comcast.html, The Man Who Will Run NBC, Rose, Lacey, Forbes, en, 2019-04-22, In 2004, he was named Chief Operating Officer of Comcast Cable, in addition to his title of President.NEWS,www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-07-fi-rup7.5-story.html, Comcast Unit President Adds Title of COO, 2004-07-07, Los Angeles Times, 2019-04-22, en-US, 0458-3035, In 2010, it was announced that Burke would become CEO of NBCUniversal after Comcast and General Electric completed a merger.WEB,www.thewrap.com/steve-burke-replace-zucker-atop-nbcu-21199/, Steve Burke Replacing Zucker Atop NBCU, Roberts, Johnnie L., 2010-09-26, TheWrap, en-US, 2019-05-01, When Comcast and General 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 of NBCUniversal.NEWS,www.reuters.com/article/us-comcast-coo-idUSTRE70U5J320110131, NBC Universal chief Burke resigns as Comcast COO, 2011-01-31, Reuters, 2019-04-22, en, In 2018, Burke led Comcast’s acquisition of British pay-TV company, Sky, after dropping out of the bidding war with Disney to purchase 21st Century Fox.WEB,variety.com/2018/biz/news/steve-burke-comcast-surprise-sky-bid-fox-disney-deal-1202713795/, Steve Burke on Comcast’s Surprise Sky Bid, Fox-Disney Deal, Lang, Brent, 2018-03-01, Variety, en, 2019-05-01, In January 2019, Burke announced plans for NBCUniversal to launch a streaming service, later named Peacock, in 2020 using Sky’s existing OTT video platform.WEB,variety.com/2019/tv/news/nbcuniversal-streaming-service-steve-burke-1203107638/, Steve Burke on NBCU’s Streaming Plans, Fate of Hulu Stake and Winnowing His Direct Reports (EXCLUSIVE), Littleton, Cynthia, 2019-01-14, Variety, en, 2019-05-01, As of 2009, Burke has served on the Board of Directors of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.WEB,dealbook.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/buffett-broadens-berkshire-board-with-burke/, Buffett Broadens Berkshire Board With Burke, Dealbook, 23 December 2009, DealBook, en, 2019-05-01, He has also served on the board of trustees of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.WEB,www.huffpost.com/entry/jamie-dimon_b_4668410, Meet the People Who Gave JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon an $8.5 Million Raise, Dreier, Peter, 2014-01-26, HuffPost, en, 2019-05-01, As of 2021, Burke became a board member for onxmaps.com 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.WEB, Erickson, David, Missoula tech company onX lands record $87M in venture capital,missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-tech-company-onx-lands-record-87m-in-venture-capital/article_7125ed2d-d6ec-5047-bc59-abc70a893281.html, 2022-10-10, missoulian.com, 4 October 2022, en,

Personal life

Steve Burke married his wife, Gretchen (née Hoadley) on July 23, 1983 and together they have five children.WEB,www.vox.com/2016/9/15/12926574/nbcuniversal-steve-burke-kids-tv, NBCUniversal boss Steve Burke can’t get his millennial kids to pay for TV, Kafka, Peter, 2016-09-15, Vox, 2019-05-01, Burke has homes in New York City, Los Angeles and Rancho Cordova.WEB,variety.com/2015/dirt/real-estalker/nbcus-steve-burke-buys-big-in-pacific-palisades-1201513522/, NBCU’s Steve Burke Buys Big In Pacific Palisades, David, Mark, 2015-06-09, Variety, en, 2019-05-01,

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