COMPANY

Founded 1923 by Walt and Roy O. Disney.

• Disneyland
• Walt Disney World
• Celebration, FL

Official Website:
http://www.disney.com/

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
NYSE:DIS

Corporate headquarters:
Burbank, CA

Sales:
$35.3B (2006)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stephen F. Bollenbach	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Hilton Hotels, 1996-2007
Steven M. Bornstein	Business	?		President of ESPN, 1990-99
Philippe Bourguignon	Business	1948		Revolution Resorts
Stephen B. Burke	Business	c. 1958		COO of Comcast
Lisa M. Caputo	Business	1964		EVP at The Travelers
Ed Catmull	Business	31-Mar-1945		Pixar Co-Founder, Disney Animation president
Gordon Cooper	Astronaut	6-Mar-1927	4-Oct-2004	Mercury 7 and Gemini 5 astronaut
Roy E. Disney	Business	10-Jan-1930	16-Dec-2009	Walt Disney's nephew
Roy O. Disney	Business	24-Jun-1893	20-Dec-1971	Walt Disney's brother
Walt Disney	Business	5-Dec-1901	15-Dec-1966	Founder of Disney empire
Michael Eisner	Business	7-Mar-1942		CEO of Disney, 1984-2005
John H. Forsgren, Jr.	Business	c. 1945		CFO of Northeast Utilities, 1996-2004
Sharon D. Garrett	Business	c. 1948		CIO of Disney, 1989-2000
Judson C. Green	Business	c. 1952		CEO of NAVTEQ
Matthew J. Hart	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Hilton Hotels
Robert Iger	Business	10-Feb-1951		CEO of Disney
John Lasseter	Film Director	12-Jan-1957		Toy Story
Gerry Laybourne	Business	19-May-1947		CEO of Oxygen Media
Sanford M. Litvack	Attorney	c. 1937		General Counsel of Disney, 1991-98
Susan M. Lyne	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Ann Mather	Business	c. 1960		CFO of Pixar, 1999-2004
Steven P. Murphy	Business	c. 1953		Former President, Prentice Hall Publishing
Richard Nanula	Business	9-May-1960		CFO of Amgen
Michael Ovitz	Business	14-Dec-1946		President of Disney, 1995-97
Frits van Paasschen	Business	c. 1961		CEO of Starwood Hotels
Paul S. Pressler	Business	1956		CEO of Gap, 2002-07
Joe Roth	Business	13-Jun-1948		Revolution Studios, former Disney CEO
Terry Semel	Business	24-Feb-1943		CEO of Yahoo, 2001-07
Stanley Steinberg	Business	c. 1933		Navigant Capital Advisors
Bob Weinstein	Film/TV Producer	1954		Miramax and Dimension Films
Harvey Weinstein	Film/TV Producer	19-Mar-1952		Miramax and The Weinstein Co.
Meg Whitman	Business	4-Aug-1956		CEO of Hewlett-Packard
Gary L. Wilson	Business	c. 1941		Chairman of Northwest Airlines, 1991-2007
Timothy V. Wolf	Business	c. 1952		CFO of Molson Coors Brewing

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Susan E. Arnold	Business	c. 1954		Global Business President, Proctor & Gamble
John E. Bryson	Business	24-Jul-1943		US Secretary of Commerce, 2011-12
John S. Chen	Business	1-Jul-1955		CEO of Sybase
Judith L. Estrin	Business	1954		Packet Design LLC
Robert Iger	Business	10-Feb-1951		CEO of Disney
Fred H. Langhammer	Business	13-Jan-1944		CEO of Est�e Lauder, 2000-04
Aylwin Lewis	Business	28-May-1954		CEO of Sears
Monica C. Lozano	Publisher	21-Jul-1956		Publisher of La Opini�n
Robert W. Matschullat	Business	c. 1947		CFO of Seagram, 1995-2000
John E. Pepper, Jr.	Business	c. 1938		Chairman of Disney
Orin C. Smith	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Starbucks, 2000-05

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roy E. Disney	Business	10-Jan-1930	16-Dec-2009	Walt Disney's nephew
Roy O. Disney	Business	24-Jun-1893	20-Dec-1971	Walt Disney's brother
Michael Eisner	Business	7-Mar-1942		CEO of Disney, 1984-2005
Steve Jobs	Business	24-Feb-1955	5-Oct-2011	Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Jeffrey Katzenberg	Business	21-Dec-1950		Produced Shrek
George J. Mitchell	Politician	20-Aug-1933		US Senator from Maine, 1980-95
Gary L. Wilson	Business	c. 1941		Chairman of Northwest Airlines, 1991-2007

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ub Iwerks	Cartoonist	24-Mar-1901	7-Jul-1971	First to animate Mickey Mouse
Alan Kay	Computer Programmer	17-May-1940		Father of Object-Oriented Programming
Carl Stalling	Composer	10-Nov-1891	29-Nov-1972	Composer for hundreds of Looney Tunes

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brad Bird	Film Director	24-Sep-1956		The Iron Giant
Eldon Dedini	Cartoonist	29-Jun-1921	12-Jan-2006	Playboy, New Yorker cartoonist
Morton Heilig	Inventor	22-Dec-1926	14-May-1997	Early virtual reality pioneer
Danny Hillis	Business	25-Sep-1956		Co-Founder, Thinking Machines
Walt Kelly	Cartoonist	25-Aug-1913	18-Oct-1973	Creator of Pogo
Jason Kilar	Business	c. 1971		CEO of Hulu
Kai Krause	Computer Programmer	1957		Kai's Power Tools
Bill Melendez	Cartoonist	15-Nov-1916	2-Sep-2008	A Charlie Brown Christmas
Bill Nye	TV Personality	27-Nov-1955		Bill Nye the Science Guy
Ann Telnaes	Cartoonist	1960		Political cartoonist
Stan Winston	Artist	7-Apr-1946	15-Jun-2008	Special effects artist
Gideon Yu	Business	c. 1971		CFO of Facebook, 2007-09

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Luntz	Pundit	23-Feb-1962		Republican pollster, strategist
Steve Meretzky	Computer Programmer	1-May-1957		Leather Goddesses of Phobos
Harriet Miers	Government	10-Aug-1945		White House Counsel, 2005-07
Marvin Minsky	Scientist	9-Aug-1927		Father of Artificial Intelligence
Story Musgrave	Astronaut	19-Aug-1935		Spent 1281 hours in space
Wernher von Braun	Scientist	23-Mar-1912	16-Jun-1977	German-American rocket scientist

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