So it was Walt who dreamed up the Disney Company. And it was his older brother Roy O. who repeatedly found the funds necessary to turn Walt's dreams into reality. And it was Michael Eisner who took Disney when it was dead last in Hollywood (Out of the eight studios in town that were making movies at that time, Disney was eighth) and then turned into a multi-media powerhouse. And it's Bob Iger who -- through the canny acquisition of Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm (not to mention the Company's international expansion. What with the Shanghai Disneyland project and the purchase of India's UTV) -- has properly positioned Disney for future growth.
So if that's what Walt, Roy O., Michael and Bob did, then where does Walt's nephew -- the late Roy E. Disney -- fit into the Company's corporate history? According to David Bossert, the author of "Remembering Roy E. Disney: Memories and Photos from a Storied Life" (Disney Editions, September 2013), Roy E. is the soft-spoken yet passionate guy who saved The Walt Disney Company not once but twice. Read more
So if that's what Walt, Roy O., Michael and Bob did, then where does Walt's nephew -- the late Roy E. Disney -- fit into the Company's corporate history? According to David Bossert, the author of "Remembering Roy E. Disney: Memories and Photos from a Storied Life" (Disney Editions, September 2013), Roy E. is the soft-spoken yet passionate guy who saved The Walt Disney Company not once but twice. Read more
