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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Michael_EisnerMichael Eisner - Wikipedia

    Signature. Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) [ 2 ] is an American businessman [ 3 ] and former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005. [ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ] Prior to Disney, Eisner was president of rival film studio Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984, [ 7 ] and had brief ...

  2. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-2004-feb-12-oeEisner: From Corporate Savior to Bad Example - Los Angeles Times

    Feb 12, 2004 · Feb. 12, 2004 12 AM PT. Historians are already savoring the delicious irony in Comcast’s shotgun bid to acquire Walt Disney Co. Exactly 20 years ago, Disney was a onetime corporate gem that had ...

  3. www.parkeology.com › 2021 › 03Michael Eisner: The Man Who Saved and Nearly Destroyed Disney

    Nov 11, 2021 · Eisner is all of these things and more, a fascinating study of a career split virtually in half between wunderkind and wasteland. It’s DC and not Marvel but still a gripping read. We begin in the early 1980’s, fifteen years removed from Walt Disney’s death. By this time the Walt Disney Company was in dire straights.

  4. www.msn.com › en-us › tvInside the 1995 Media Merger That Changed Disney Forever

    Within a few years, he was being called more Disney than company founder Walt Disney. , But Eisner’s boldest and most consequential move came in 1995, when he struck a $19 billion deal to buy ...

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  6. www.theledger.com › story › newsThe rise and fall of Disney's Michael Eisner - Lakeland Ledger

    Feb 15, 2004 · Then a 41-year-old corporate reformer, Eisner symbolized the rebirth of corporate America as it emerged from an era of stagnation. Today, as he and his lawyers try to marshal a defense against ...

  7. wdwnt.com › 2020 › 03EDITORIAL: Michael Eisner Was the Greatest CEO in the History ...

    Mar 21, 2020 · The Eisner Era. Michael Eisner became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in September of 1984. He took over a company that was creatively stagnant, posting mediocre financial results, and had barely survived a hostile takeover attempt. As a company, Disney in the early 1980s bore little resemblance to what it was in its heyday of innovation and ...

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  9. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-2004-mar-03-fiHow Eisner's Style Came Back to Haunt Him - Los Angeles Times

    Mar 3, 2004 · How Eisner’s Style Came Back to Haunt Him. During his nearly 20-year reign as head of Walt Disney Co., Michael Eisner has left his imprint in a way that few company chieftains do. Disney’s ...