Comcast said Brodsky died on 5 November in hospice care surrounded by family. He helped finance the company’s growth from a small cable system and its 1972 stock market debut.
Julian Brodsky, a Comcast co-founder and its longtime chief financial officer, died on 5 November 2026, at 93. Comcast announced his death on 6 November and said he was surrounded by family in hospice care, Variety said.
Brodsky helped build Comcast with founder Ralph J. Roberts and co-founding partner Daniel Aaron after the acquisition of a small cable television system in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1963. Brodsky handled accounting and raised money on Wall Street for expansion, while Roberts led the business and Aaron ran its cable systems.
Brodsky graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and served two years in the US Army before beginning a career as a certified public accountant. His industry honors included induction into the Cable Television Hall of Fame in 2003 and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Distinguished Vanguard Award.
Comcast said Brodsky played a central role in its 1972 initial public offering, when the company first offered shares to the public. The company also credited him with helping guide major acquisitions and demonstrating cable television’s investment potential to banks and other investors.
Brodsky and Ralph Roberts formed Comcast Interactive Capital in 1999 to invest in early-stage technology companies and identify opportunities for Comcast. The organization is now called Comcast Ventures. Brodsky became Comcast’s non-executive vice chairman in 2004 and retired from the company and its board in 2011.
Comcast chairman Brian L. Roberts, Ralph’s son, called Brodsky a mentor and friend and said he had helped establish a culture of financial integrity at the company. He described Brodsky as an extraordinary leader, a brilliant financial mind, one of cable television’s architects and one of his generation’s most creative financiers. He also called him a trusted partner and close friend of his father, and credited him with establishing uncompromising standards and respect for colleagues.
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Brodsky and his wife, Lois, supported cultural and educational institutions in Philadelphia. He served as a trustee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art for nearly three decades. In October 2026, the couple announced a $20 million gift to establish the Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky Learning and Engagement Center at the museum.
Brodsky is survived by his wife, three daughters, Debra, Ellen and Laura Brodsky, his brother Marc Brodsky and four grandchildren. A private memorial service will be held, and a celebration of his life will be announced later.
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