Comcast CEO Roberts’ Pay Rose to $36M in 2019

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Comcast CEO Brian Roberts’ total compensation for 2019 was $36.4 million in 2019, a 4% increase over the prior year.

According to a filing with the SEC, Roberts received stock awards of $5.3 million, option awards of $5.4 million and non-equity incentive plan compensation on top of a $3.3 million salary. The value of his pension and deferred compensation earnings were $7.6 million.

Roberts and other top executives at Comcast announced this month that they will be donating their salaries to COVID-19-related charities during the duration of the crisis.

Stephen Burke, who retired as president and CEO of NBCUniversal this year, received $42.5 million in total compensation, up from $40 million in 2018.

Michael Cavanaugh, the CFO, got $26.8 million in total compensation, up from $21. 7 million.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.