Comcast is primarily owned by institutional investors and individual shareholders. The top institutional shareholders as of 2023 include The Vanguard Group (8.9%), BlackRock (8.5%), and State Street Corporation (4.8%). CEO Brian L. Roberts, son of the company's founder, controls about 0.8% of shares but holds all Class B supervoting shares, giving him effective control with roughly 33% voting power. Other executives collectively own about 1.5% of the shares. Overall, institutional investors hold about 72.56%, insiders about 0.68%, and the rest is owned by public companies and other investors. The company's total shares outstanding are approximately 4.07 billion.
Thus, while ownership is distributed among many institutional investors, Brian L. Roberts has effective control over Comcast due to his supervoting shares.
