Mark Lazarus is Chairman, NBCUniversal Broadcast, Cable, Sports and News. He was promoted to this position in January 2019 and is responsible for most of the company’s East Coast-based content businesses, including the Entertainment and Lifestyle Group, NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC. In addition, he oversees NBC Sports Group (since May 2011), NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations and NBC Affiliate Relations (since September 2016). He reports to Steve Burke, CEO, NBCUniversal.

Under Lazarus’ leadership, the company has forged new deals with the Olympics, NFL, NASCAR, the Premier League an...