Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    Brian Roberts has been the force behind Comcast's growth. Now he's in the hunt for Fox

    by Meg James, Los Angeles Times Jun 11, 2018 7 minutes

    Brian Roberts was about 13 when he started working at Comcast in the early 1970s, earning 25 cents an hour assembling payment coupon books to send to the Philadelphia company's cable TV customers. As a high school student, he would shadow his father - the company's co-founder - at meetings with bankers and lawyers.

    So when Roberts graduated in 1981 from the Wharton School, he figured he would work with his dad at Comcast. But Ralph Roberts suggested that he first spend a couple of years at another firm - advice that did not sit well with his son.

    He was "persistent, day after day, until finally, he looked me in the eye and said: 'Why are you rejecting me?' " the late Ralph Roberts would recall in a 2003 book, "Wired to Win: Entrepreneurs of the American Cable Industry."

    Brian Roberts' tenacity paid off: His father relented and sent him to a Comcast operation in Trenton, N.J. Brian Roberts climbed poles, strung cable wire and learned about marketing. He joined the corporate office in 1984, was named president in 1990, at the age of 31, and

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times6 min readCrime & Violence
    UCLA’s Top Cop, Accused Of Security Lapse, Faces Calls To Step Aside. He Defends His Actions
    LOS ANGELES — The UCLA police chief is facing growing scrutiny for what three sources told the Los Angeles Times was a string of serious security lapses before a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment this week. But the chief, John Thomas,
    Los Angeles Times2 min read
    Bay Bridge To Be Relit, With Twice The Lights
    In the decade after they went up, the 25,000 LED lights illuminating the western side of the Bay Bridge endured a brutal pounding. “It’s the salty air, the wind, the fog, the rain, the 24-7 vibrations on the bridge, lightning strikes, car grit and gr
    Los Angeles Times3 min readCrime & Violence
    Before Mob Attack, UCLA Police Chief Was Ordered To Create Security Plan But Didn’t, Sources Say
    LOS ANGELES — On the morning before a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment at UCLA, campus Police Chief John Thomas assured university leadership that he could mobilize law enforcement “in minutes” — a miscalculation from the three hours

    Related Books & Audiobooks