Neil Smit

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Neil Smit
Born
Kornelis Smit, Jr. [1]

1960 (age 63–64) [2]
NationalityAmerican
Education Duke University
Alma mater Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Occupation(s)Vice Chairman, Comcast Corporation

Neil Smit (born 1960) is an American businessman and former CEO [3] of Comcast Cable, an American corporation providing cable, entertainment, and communications products and services.

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Collegiate education and military service

Smit earned a Bachelor of Science in oceanography & geology from Duke University and then achieved a Masters of Science Degree from Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in international business. [4] [5] Smit served in the United States Navy, serving for five years as a member on the SEALs team and was honorably discharged from the United States Navy at the commissioned officer rank of lieutenant commander. Smit is married and he and his wife have two sons, though he keeps his personal life very private.

Career and other business activities

Smit was CEO of Comcast Corporation Cable until 2017. In a statement, Smit cited "injuries" he sustained from his previous career as reasons why he's changing positions. But also approaching 60, he said he's looking forward to spending more time with his family. [6] His reported annual compensation was $19,856,203, [7] which places him among the top 200 highest paid CEOs in America. [8] After that, Smit joined Comcast in March 2010 from Charter Communications where he served as chief executive officer and director since 2005. Prior to joining Charter, he was the president of Time Warner's America Online Access Business, where he oversaw Internet access services, including America Online (AOL), CompuServe and Netscape ISPs. He also served at AOL as executive vice president, Member Services, and chief operating officer of MapQuest. Neil also was a regional president with Nabisco and served in a number of management positions at Pillsbury.

Smit served as the chairman of CableLabs, the research and development consortium for the cable industry, and as chairman of the board of directors of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA). [9] He also serves on the board of directors for C-SPAN. [10]

He currently serves on the boards of Qualcomm, Quant Network and Ocean Exploration Trust. [11] [12] [13]

Community relations

Smit has remained actively engaged with the veteran community and has led Comcast's commitment to hire at least 10,000 veterans from 2015 to 2017. [14]

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  2. ↑ "Executive Profile | Comcast Corporation | Neil Smit | Customer Intelligence". Boardroom Insiders. June 18, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Comcast Employment Agreement : Neil Smit". Security & Exchange Commission. November 1, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ Fernandez, Bob (March 13, 2011). "Executive hopes to stop loses". Philly.com.
  5. ↑ "Neil Smit: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  6. ↑ Cineas, Fabiola (March 20, 2017). "Neil Smit Bows Out As Comcast Cable CEO". Philadelphia. Metro Corp. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Neil Smit Executive Compensation". Salary.com. 2014.
  8. ↑ "Equilar 200 Highest-Paid CEO Rankings". Equilar. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Smit Takes Reins as NCTA Chair". Benton Foundation. January 5, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Neil Smit". Comcast. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Qualcomm Appoints Mark Fields and Kornelis Smit to its Board of Directors". www.qualcomm.com. San Diego, CA. June 26, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Quant Network appoints Neil Smit to Board of Directors - Quant". www.quant.network. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Nautilus Live Ocean Exploration Trust Board of Directors". www.nautiluslive.org.
  14. ↑ "Comcast Cable's Neil Smit to Headline Hiring Heroes Session at CTHRA's November 3rd Symposium" (PDF) (Press release). Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association. August 14, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2015.


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