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Brian L. Roberts
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chairman and ceo of comcast”. Today it says “american entrepreneur”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American billionaire businessman”. It now reads “American businessman (born 1959)”.
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American billionaire businessman This article is about the CEO. Roberts (born June 28, 1959) is an American entrepreneur, business executive and billionaire . He is the chairman and CEO of Comcast , a multinational telecommunications and media company providing entertainment and communications products and services, founded by his late father, Ralph J. Brian was named president of Comcast in 1990 before becoming the CEO in 2002. The New York Times . pp. D 6. : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link )
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chairman and ceo of comcast”. Today it says “american entrepreneur”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American billionaire businessman”. It now reads “American businessman (born 1959)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
chairman and ceo of comcast
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american entrepreneur
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