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Nov 11, 2021 · Some know Michael Eisner as the young, talented Hollywood executive who was brought in to save the Walt Disney Company from the grips of corporate raiders and led the company to unprecedented success and reinvigoration.
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Aug 14, 1995 · This is a guy with a bum heart? Michael Eisner, chairman of the Walt Disney Co., clinched his bid for ABC in eight days. And what about the California Angels, No. 1 in the American League West?
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Eisner’s tremendous success—however people think he attained it—has proven to be a boon for others who haven’t fared nearly as well, specifically the seniors and children who have been helped by the Eisner Foundation. The 81-year-old Eisner and his wife founded the organization back in 1996. Doted on by Eisner as intently as any of his moneymaking ...
Growing up in New York, Eisner’s life in an apartment on Park Avenue was one of privilege. “My grandfather was a very wealthy man, but he would go across the Queensboro Bridge to save the 25 cents on the Triborough Bridge,” Eisner once confessed. After college (he eschewed his father’s alma mater, Princeton, for Denison University, a private libera...
His advice for high school seniors
“I would start with getting a good liberal arts education. I believe in the college environment. I believe in studying English, religion, language, philosophy, economics, history; all are important. And before you decide on a specific field, it’d be good to have a general knowledge of different things.”
Michael Eisner’s idols growing up
“Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays. For a boy, sports stars tend to be idols. I never really idolized a businessman or a lawyer or an accountant.”
Upon being asked why he doesn’t take a lot of vacations
“I think I’m on a 365-day vacation! I really like what I do, and if I have to travel somewhere, it’s work and vacation. When I grew up, sitting on the beach seemed to be the thing to do. Now we find out that it gives you skin cancer. So luckily I never liked sitting on the beach. There’s too much sunscreen. And I can’t read with sunglasses because they’re not prescription. Really, it’s not a pleasant environment.”
Nov 10, 2022 · Taking over for former Disney president Ron Miller in 1984, Eisner brought a wave of new and exciting changes to the Walt Disney Company. The phrase “he understood the assignment” is a ...
Eisner's 21-year stint at Disney saw the revitalization of the company's poorly performing animation studios with successful films such as The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and The Lion King (1994), a period known as the Disney Renaissance.
Jan 30, 2023 · Leading Disney into fields such as television, publishing, home video, and cruise ship travel, Michael Eisner became a symbol of the Disney brand.
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Nov 11, 2021 · Did he save the company and turn Disney into an industry force positioned to become a global powerhouse or did he nearly bring Disney to its knees with a series of indefensible blunders? Amazingly the answer is yes to all of these questions.
