"All dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them!"

Walter Elias “Walt” Disney

Born: December 5, 1901Death: December 15, 1966

due to lung cancer

Co-founder of Walt Disney Productionswith brother Roy O. Disney

Film producer and popular showmaninnovator in animation

and theme park design

Father of …

And many more!

FamilyFather: 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-BusinessPARTNERSHIP

Brother Walt Disney business & financial creative aspects

Start-up: Uncle’s garage first character: Oswald for Universal

Disney-Business ‘30 – ’40: “tough times”

survived “The Great Depression”

First theme park: 1955 Unique strategy

Different theme parksDisneyland Park – 1955 (California)Disney World – 1971 (Florida)

Tokyo Disney Resort – 1983Disneyland 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.”

TheEnd