The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company
Founded	October 16, 1923

The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (/ˈdɪzni/),^[3] is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.

Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before officially changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1986. Disney is known for Mickey Mouse universe and Donald Duck universe. The company established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into its making cartoons, animated movies, short films, live-action film production, television, and theme parks.

Since the 1980s, Disney has created and acquired corporate divisions in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is known for its film studio division, The Walt Disney Studios, which includes Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, and Blue Sky Studios. Disney's other main business units include divisions in television, broadcasting, streaming media, theme park resorts, consumer products, publishing, and international operations. Through these various segments, Disney owns and operates the ABC broadcast network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and National Geographic; publishing, merchandising, music, and theater divisions; direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Hotstar; and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, a group of 14 theme parks, resort hotels, and cruise lines around the world.^[4][5] Cartoon character Mickey Mouse, created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, is one of the world's most recognizable characters and serves as the company's official mascot, next, Disney Princess protagonist female heroine princess character Snow White, created in 1937 by Walt Disney, is one of the world's most recognizable characters and serves as the company's unofficial un-mascot, and Disney's unofficial mascot Tinker Bell in 1953.

Walt Disney's one well known first feature length animation film and Pixar's one well known first computer-animated film is perhaps best known for corporation the adventures of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Toy Story, were created origins 1937 and 1995 respectively.

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History

• 1923 - Disney, founded in 1923
• 1925 - First cartoon of Pete
• 1928 - First cartoon of Mickey Mouse - Plane Crazy
• 1928 - First official cartoon of Mickey Mouse - Steamboat Willie
• 1930 - First cartoon of Pluto
• 1932 - First cartoon of Goofy
• 1934 - First cartoon of Donald Duck
• 1937 - First feature length animation film of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• 1943 - First cartoon of Chip 'n' Dale
• 1950 - Cinderella
• 1955 - Disneyland
• 1964 - Mary Poppins
• 1966 - First time ever A.A. Milne and Walt Disney cartoon of Winnie the Pooh
• 1966 - Walt Disney's death
• 1971 - Walt Disney World
• 1989 - The Little Mermaid
• 1994 - The Lion King
• 1995 - Disney buys American Broadcasting Company
• 1995 - First computer-animation film of Toy Story
• 1996 - Disney acquires Capital Cities/ABC
• 2002 - Lilo & Stitch
• 2004 - Disney acquires The Muppets
• 2005 - Club Penguin
• 2006 - Disney buys Pixar
• 2009 - D23 Expo
• 2009 - Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion - Hulk and Spider-Man meet Mickey, Donald and Goofy in new Disney crossover covers
• 2012 - Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion - Darth Vader meet Mickey Mouse in new Disney meets Star Wars crossover covers - The end of the Star Wars trilogy, at the 20th Century Fox.
• 2013 - Disney's computer-animation film of Frozen
• 2017 - Disney announced it's acquisition of 21st Century Fox.
• 2019 -
  • The acquisition of 21st Century Fox completed.
  • Disney+ streaming service launched.
• 2020 -
  • Bob Chapek replaces Iger as CEO
  • Disney has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other studios, with several film delays, major layoffs, and closures of theme parks.
• 2021 -
  • Blue Sky Studios shut down.
  • Sony Pictures signed a multi-year agreement to put their films onto Disney's streaming and television platforms.
• 2022 - Bob Iger joined the company as CEO again, replacing Bob Chapek
• 2023 -
  • Disney's 100th anniversary.
  • Disney has been affected by the Hollywood labor strike.
• 2024 -
  • Disney acquires a 10% stake for Epic Games for $1.5 billion.
  • Sony takes over Disney's physical releases.
  • Inside Out 2 becomes the most highest-grossing animated film until Ne Zha 2.
  • Jennifer Lee announced she's stepping down as chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, and replaced by Jared Bush.
• 2025 - Disney will no longer renew Fox Corporation and announced it will vacate the Fox Studio Lot in Century City in 2025 and will relocate to the Walt Disney Studios lot.