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Brian Roberts

Brian Roberts

American media executive and businessman

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AIProfile Summary

Brian L. Roberts (born 1959) is an American media executive and businessman in the United States with an estimated net worth of ~$1.8B. He is associated in SEC records with Comcast and related entities including NBCUniversal Media, LLC and Time Warner Cable Inc. Wikidata SEC EDGAR.

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR lists Brian L. Roberts as an insider filer with 173 insider filings, which are disclosures typically required when corporate insiders buy, sell, or receive company securities. His filings are connected to Comcast Corp and related Comcast/NBCUniversal entities, and recent filings include multiple Form 4 reports in 2024–2026 plus a Form 144 filing in 2024 (a notice of a planned sale of restricted or control securities) SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

ProPublica nonprofit filings list three foundations with “Roberts” in the name reporting combined assets of $267,124,325 and total grants paid of $0 in the most recent years shown. The largest, Roberts Foundation (San Mateo, CA), reported $267,051,553 in assets in tax year 2023 with $0 grants paid, $65,510,835 in revenue, and $47,581,557 in expenses ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $317,275 from 2002-01-23 to 2025-05-05, with a party breakdown of $73,875 to Democrats, $51,700 to Republicans, and $191,700 to PAC/Other. The top recipient listed is the Comcast Corporation & NBCUniversal Political Action Committee (Federal) at $75,000, followed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee ($20,400) and the DNC Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee ($20,000) FEC.

In the News

A March 7, 2026 headline reports that DocuSign appointed a Brian Roberts as an independent director to its board NewsAPI.

AI-generated summary from wikidata, sec_edgar, newsapi, propublica_990, fec 3/10/2026 (gpt-5.2). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

990Philanthropy

$267.1MFoundation Assets
$46.1MGrants Paid
3Foundations
Robert B & Rosalinde Roberts FoundationPort Aransas, TX
Education (IRS NTEE B82)
Assets: $31KRevenue: $1Grants: $1KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Robert R Roberts Memorial FoundationRedding, CA
Assets: $41KRevenue: $18KGrants: $166KTax Year: 2017
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Roberts FoundationSan Mateo, CA
Assets: $267.1MRevenue: $65.5MGrants: $46.0MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$317KTotal Contributed
100Contributions
2002–2025Date Range

By Party

PAC/Other
$192K
DEM
$74K
REP
$52K

Top Recipients

COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL$75K
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE$20K
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE$20K
COMCAST CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE- FEDERAL$20K
NATIONAL CABLE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTA PAC)$18K
Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/10/2026) (fec)

SECSEC Filings

173Total Filings
173Insider Filings
9,221EDGAR Mentions
0001063948Personal CIK

Associated Companies

Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.

Recent Insider Filings

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11/5/2025
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3/4/2025
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11/29/2024
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Source: SEC EDGAR regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (sec_derived)

PBSScore Breakdown

A
70.1
Public Benefit Score

The PBS is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.

Philanthropy65% weight
54%

Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).

Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry

Transparency35% weight
100%

How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.

Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata

Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency

Scored on 6/23/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.

All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source. View on Wikidata

Brian Roberts — Public Benefit Score A (70) | Billionaire Army