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"All dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them!". Walter Elias “Walt” Disney. Born : December 5, 1901 Death : December 15, 1966 due to lung cancer Co-founder of Walt Disney Productions with brother Roy O. Disney Film producer and popular showman
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"All dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them!"
Walter Elias “Walt” Disney Born: December 5, 1901 Death: December 15, 1966 dueto lung cancer Co-founder of Walt Disney Productions with brother Roy O. Disney Film producer and popular showman innovator in animation and theme park design
Father of … And many more!
Family Father: Ireland descendant of Robert d ’Isigny William The Conqueror (1066) Pronounced “Disney” Mother: German-English
Early career • Art at Chicago Academy of Fine Arts • WWI • Kansas News City Star newspaper Fired: lack of creativity! • Later: Disney bought ABC included Kansas News City Star Lack of creativity?
Disney-Business PARTNERSHIP BrotherWalt Disney business & financial creativeaspects Start-up: Uncle’s garage first character: Oswald for Universal
Disney-Business • ‘30 – ’40: “toughtimes” survived “The Great Depression” • First theme park: 1955 Unique strategy
Different theme parks • Disneyland Park – 1955 (California) • Disney World – 1971 (Florida) • Tokyo Disney Resort – 1983 • Disneyland Paris – 1992 • Hong Kong Disneyland– 2005
The Dream lives on • Time Magazine: one of the most important people of the 20th century • 2010: revenue of us$ 36 billion
“I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing, that it was started by a mouse.”
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