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Disney

COMPANY

Founded 1923 by Walt and Roy O. Disney.

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

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
NYSE:DIS

Corporate headquarters:
Burbank, CA

Sales:
$35.3B (2006)

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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 Estée Lauder, 2000-04
Aylwin Lewis
Business
28-May-1954   CEO of Sears
Monica C. Lozano
Publisher
21-Jul-1956   Publisher of La Opinión
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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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