1. Michael Eisner

    Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30, 2005. He began his career at ABC, became President of Paramount Pictures in 1976, and then assumed the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Co. in 1984.

  2. Jeffrey Katzenberg

    Jeffrey Katzenberg (born December 21, 1950 in New York City) is an American film producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG. He is perhaps most famous for his period as studio chairman at The Walt Disney Company, and for producing the movie "Shrek" (2001).

  3. Steve Jobs

    Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. He is currently the largest Disney shareholder and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Jobs' history in business has contributed greatly to the mythos of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, …

  4. Roy E. Disney

    Roy Edward Disney, KCSG, (born January 10, 1930) was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt founded. He is still a major shareholder (over 16 million shares), and currently serves as a consultant for the company and Director Emeritus for the Board of Directors. He is perhaps best known for organizing the ousting of two top Disney executives: first, Ron Miller in 1984, and then Michael Eisner in 2005.

  5. Robert Iger

    Robert A. "Bob" Iger (born February 10 1951) is head of the Walt Disney Company. He has been president since January 2000 and CEO since October 2005.

  6. Michael Ovitz

    Michael S. Ovitz (b. December 14 1946, Los Angeles, California) is a former talent agent and Hollywood powerhouse who served as the head of the Creative Artists Agency from 1975 to 1995. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in theater, film and television, Ovitz began his career at the William Morris Agency, but left with four other agents in 1975 to found Creative Artists Agency. While at CAA, he was responsible for pioneering the practice of "packaging" writers, …

  7. Paul Pressler

    Paul Pressler was the president and CEO of Gap, Inc. from September 2002 to 22 January 2007.. He also simultaneously departed from the position on Gap's board of directors he received in October 2002. Pressler is a director of Avon Products. He serves on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Before Gap he spent 15 years with The Walt Disney Company, including stints as chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, president of Disneyland, …

  8. Dick Cook

    Richard W. "Dick" Cook is Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios. He is the only top Disney executive who has worked for the company since before Michael Eisner took charge in 1984. Cook holds a degree in political science from the University of Southern California (USC).

  9. Frank Wells

    Frank Wells (March 4, 1932 - April 3, 1994), was an American entertainment businessman. Previously, Wells had worked for Warner Brothers as its Vice President of West Coast in 1969, then in 1973 as President, and in 1977 as Vice Chairman until he left the company in 1982. Disney shareholders Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold recruited Wells to become Disney's President and Chief Operating Officer (1984-1994), along with Michael Eisner as Chairman and CEO, …

  10. Nina Jacobson

    Nina Jacobson (born 1966) is an American film executive who, until July 2006, was president of the Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. With Dawn Steel, Gail Berman and Sherry Lansing, she was one of the last of a handful of women to head a Hollywood film studio since the 1980s.

  11. Anne Sweeney

    Anne Sweeney, born November 4, 1957, in Kingston, New York, is the Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks and President of the Disney-ABC Television Group. Ms. Sweeney is a graduate of The College of New Rochelle and Harvard University. Named the “Most Powerful Woman in Entertainment” by The Hollywood Reporter, one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” by Fortune and one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” by Forbes, …

  12. Meg Whitman

    Another dreamy CEO choice, except she has already been a big company CEO at eBay (EBAY), has proved her mettle in building it to a powerhouse-despite the online auction site's currently harder times-and has the giant fortune to prove it. And, oh yes, she is likely to be using that pile of cash to run for governor of California, on the Republican ticket.

  13. Zenia Mucha

    Zenia Mucha is Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications at Disney. She is a former political operative of Republican New York governor George Pataki. Zenia Mucha The Walt Disney Company 818-560-5300 zenia.mucha@disney.com

  14. Al Weiss

    Allen R. "Al" Weiss is president of worldwide operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, the division of The Walt Disney Company that operates nine theme parks and multiple resort hotels at four sites around the world (two theme parks in California, four in Florida, two in France, and one in Hong Kong). Before he was appointed to his current role in November 2005, Weiss served as president of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida since 1996.

  15. Meg Crofton

    Meg Gilbert Crofton (born Mary Elizabeth Gilbert in 1953) is president of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. She was named to the position on August 7, 2006, replacing Al Weiss, who had been promoted to president of worldwide operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts in November 2005. Crofton reports to Weiss. Born in San Diego, she moved to Florida with her family as a 6-year-old when her father, Charles "Chuck" Gilbert, …

  16. Joe Rohde

    Joseph "Joe" Rohde is a veteran executive at Walt Disney Imagineering, the division of The Walt Disney Company that designs and builds Disney's theme parks and resort hotels. Rohde's formal title is "executive designer and vice president, creative." He is the lead designer of Disney's Animal Kingdom, one of four theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

  17. George J. Mitchell

    George John Mitchell, GBE (born August 20, 1933) is a former Democratic Party politician and United States Senator from the state of Maine, and currently serves as Chairman of the global law firm DLA Piper US LLP and also as the Chancellor of the Queen's University of Belfast. He was the United States Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He was also Chairman of The Walt Disney Company from March 2004 until January 2007.

  18. Cynthia Harriss

    Cynthia Harriss was president of the GAP clothing chain, from May 2005, until she resigned on 01 February 2007.. She oversaw GAP Adult, GapKids, babyGap and GapBody. Harriss joined Gap at the invitation of her former Disney boss, Paul Pressler, in February 2004 as president of GAP Outlet stores. She was promoted to President of GAP stores in May 2005. Prior to her time at the Gap, she was president of the Disneyland Resort, …

  19. Roy O. Disney

    Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893-December 20, 1971) was, with his younger brother Walt Disney, co-founder of what is now The Walt Disney Company. Roy served as the company's chief executive officer (1929-1971), president (1945-1971), and chairman (1966-1971). Roy was born to Elias Disney and the former Flora Call in Chicago, Illinois. He married Edna Francis in April 1925, and from this marriage he is the father of Roy Edward Disney, who was born on January 10, 1930.

  20. Gary Marsh

    Gary Marsh is President, Entertainment, Disney Channel Worldwide where he develops and produces Disney Channel Original Series, Movies and Playhouse Disney. He also oversees talent and casting operations for Disney Channel. Marsh joined Disney Channel in July 1988. His job when he joined was Executive Director. He was made Vice President eight months later and in 1994, became Senior Vice President. In 1999, he was promoted to Executive Vice President and in July 2001, …

  21. Card Walker

    Esmond Cardon Walker, commonly known as E. Cardon Walker or Card Walker, was a top executive at Walt Disney Productions in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. He was born in Rexburg, Idaho.

  22. Matt Ouimet

    Matt Ouimet is president, Hotel Group, for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. He oversees global operations for more than 850 hotels in 95 countries and reports to CEO Steven J. Heyer as a member of the company's senior leadership team. Previously, Ouimet spent 17 years with The Walt Disney Company, including stints as executive general manager of Disney Vacation Club, president of Disney Cruise Line and president of the Disneyland Resort, …

  23. Ed Grier

    Ed Grier is president of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, which comprises the Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure theme parks, the Disneyland Hotel, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel, and the Downtown Disney retail, dining and entertainment district. He reports to Al Weiss, president of operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Before joining the Disneyland Resort in July 2006, …

  24. Walt Elias Disney

    Walter Elias Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Disney is notable as one of the most influential and innovative figures in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Walt became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world.

  25. Greg Emmer

    Greg Emmer is the senior vice president of operations at the Disneyland Resort, responsible for the daily operation of all aspects of the resort including Park Operations, Food & Beverage, Lodging, Entertainment, Store Operations & Distribution Services, Maintenance and Engineering, Downtown Disney, and Operations Integration. Emmer began his career with The Walt Disney Company in 1969 as a ride operator on the Matterhorn Bobsleds attraction at Disneyland, …

  26. Don Robinson

    Don C. Robinson is president of Baha Mar Resorts Ltd., a position he has held since January 2006. Previously, Robinson spent 34 years in various roles with The Walt Disney Company, most recently as executive vice president and group managing director of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort.

  27. Tom McAlpin

    Tom McAlpin is the president of Disney Cruise Line, which offers land and sea vacations in the Caribbean. McAlpin oversees Disney's two cruise ships, "Disney Magic" and "Disney Wonder", and is a veteran of the cruise ship industry.

  28. Raymond Watson

    Raymond L. Watson was Chairman of Walt Disney Productions from 1983-1984. He served on the Disney Board from 1972 until March of 2004. Watson is currently Vice Chairman of the Board Emeritus Public Policy Institute of California. Raymond Watson, former president of The Irvine Company, served as chief planner for The Irvine Company during the '60s and '70s. After rising through the ranks at The Irvine Company and serving as its president and CEO from 1973 to 1977, …

  29. Karl Holz

    Karl Holz is the current chairman and CEO of Euro Disney SCA, the company that oversees Disneyland Resort Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France. Holz was previously senior vice president of operations at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, before being promoted to president of Disney Cruise Line. In 2001 Holz became chief operating officer at Euro Disney SCA, and in May 2005 was promoted after Andre Lacroix resigned.

  30. John E. Pepper Jr.

    John E. Pepper, Jr. serves as chief executive officer of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and chairman of the board of The Walt Disney Company. Previously, he served as vice president of finance and administration at Yale University from January 2004 to December 2005. Prior to that, he served as chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors of The Procter & Gamble Company until December 2003.

  31. Donn Tatum

    Donn Tatum (January 9, 1913-May 31, 1993) was the first non-Disney family member to be president of Walt Disney Productions. Tatum held senior executive positions with Disney for 25 years and was its chairman from 1971 until 1980. He then served as a director until 1992, when he was named Director Emeritus. He played a major role in the creation of Walt Disney World, EPCOT Center and Tokyo Disneyland.

  32. Ron W. Miller

    Ronald William Miller (born 1931) is a former professional American football player, the son-in-law of Walt Disney, and a former president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company.

  33. Jack Lindquist

    Jack Lindquist (b. March 15, 1927 in Chicago) served as the president of the Disneyland amusement park in Anaheim, California from 1990 until he retired in 1993. He was a Disney employee from 1955 until his retirement, and was a marketing executive in the theme parks division for almost thirty years, including a stint as the first advertising manager for Disneyland. As a child actor, Lindquist appeared as an extra in several episodes of "Our Gang", …

  34. Ron Dominguez

    Ron Dominguez is the former vice-president of Walt Disney Attractions. He and his family actually lived on the land in Anaheim where Disneyland was to be built. Disney purchased his family's land and a neighboring family's land and moved the two family's houses in between Main Street, U.S.A. and Tomorrowland and combined them into the first Disneyland administration building.

  35. John Pepper Jr.

    John Pepper, Jr. is the former CEO of Procter & Gamble and will replace George J. Mitchell as non-executive chairman of The Walt Disney Company in January, 2007. Prior to his election as chairman, he served as Vice President of Yale University for Finance and Administration and as a Senior Fellow of the Yale Corporation.

  36. André Lacroix

    Andre Lacroix is a French businessman who until May 20, 2005 was president of Euro Disney SCA and President of the Disneyland Resort Paris in Marne-la-Vallee, France.

  37. Meg Gilbert Crofton

    Meg Crofton President, Walt Disney World

  38. Zenia Mucha

    Zenia Mucha has been promoted to senior vice president, Corporate Communications, The Walt Disney Company, it was announced today by Michael D. Eisner , chairman and CEO, and Robert A. Iger , president and COO, The Walt Disney Company.