Education
Brodsky was raised in a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Businessman founder of Comcast Corporation
Brodsky was raised in a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
He served two years in the United States Army before training as an accountants In 1963, Brodsky joined one of his clients, Ralph J. Roberts, and Roberts" adviser, Daniel Aaron, to purchase a 1,200-subscriber cable television operator in Tupelo, Mississippi called American Cable Systems. They incorporated in 1969 as Comcast Corporation, a name Roberts invented by combining the words communications and broadcasting.
The partners became a powerful leadership team with a style described as a threesome driving a car with Brodsky stepping on the gas by raising the necessary capital for growth, Aaron with his foot on the brakes to ensure effective operations, and Roberts with his hands on the steering wheel as Chief Executive Officer.