Julian Brodsky, Comcast Co-Founder, Dies at 93
Julian Brodsky, a co-founding partner of Comcast, died on Thursday, November 5, 2026. He was 93. Comcast announced his death on Friday, and Variety reported that he died while in hospice care, the end-of-life care that focuses on comfort.
Brodsky helped build the company from its earliest days. He worked alongside Ralph J. Roberts and Daniel Aaron. Comcast's start came in 1963, when it bought a small cable television system in Tupelo, Mississippi. Cable delivers television to homes through wires rather than through the air, and that business grew into one of the largest media companies in the United States.
He was born in Philadelphia on July 16, 1933. He attended Overbrook High School and then graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He served two years in the U.S. Army. His first job was as a certified public accountant, a licensed professional who checks and manages financial records.
That background shaped his place in the company. He became Comcast's longtime chief financial officer, the executive in charge of money matters. He played a central role in the company's initial public offering in 1972, the sale of its shares to the public for the first time.
Later, he and Roberts formed Comcast Interactive Capital in 1999. The investment arm is now called Comcast Ventures. In 2004 he became non-executive vice chairman, a senior board role that does not involve running daily operations. He retired from Comcast and its board of directors in 2011. He had been inducted into the Cable Television Hall of Fame in 2003.
He is remembered by his wife of 70 years, Lois. In October 2026, the couple announced a $20 million gift to establish the Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky Learning and Engagement Center. That was among the last public announcements tied to his name.
For many people in the cable and television business, Brodsky's career traced the industry's growth from small local systems to national networks. His death closes a long working life that began with a ledger and reached the boardroom.
