- 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.
- John Lasseter
John A. Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is also currently the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering. Widely considered an innovative genius, many praise him as the "current Walt Disney."
- 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.
- Brad Bird
Phillip Bradley Bird (born on September 11, 1957 in Kalispell, Montana) is an American Academy Award-winning animator who is known for writing and directing the 1999 Warner Bros. film "The Iron Giant" and the critical and box office hits "The Incredibles" (2004) and "Ratatouille" (2007) from Disney/Pixar.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.
- Jay Rasulo
James A. "Jay" Rasulo is the chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, the division of The Walt Disney Company that operates 11 theme parks at five sites around the world. Rasulo became president of the theme park division in September 2002, replacing Paul Pressler. His title was changed to chairman in October 2005. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is comprised of Disneyland Resort in California, Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, Tokyo Disney Resort, …
- Ollie Johnston
Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr. (born on October 31,1912 in Palo Alto, California) is a pioneer in the field of motion picture animation. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last living member. His work was recognized with the National Medal of Arts in 2005. He was a directing animator at Walt Disney Studios from 1935-1978. He contributed to many films including "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, …
- Marc Davis
Marc Fraser Davis was a prominent artist and animator for Walt Disney Studios. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, the famed core animators of Disney animated films. Some of the animated characters Davis mainly designed and animated are Thumper from "Bambi" (1942), Brer Rabbit from "Song of the South" (1946), "Cinderella" (1950), Alice of "Alice in Wonderland" (1951), Tinker Bell in "Peter Pan" (1953), …
- Carl Barks
Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 - August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952) and Magica De Spell (1961). The quality of his scripts and drawings earned him the nick names "The Duck Man" and "The Good Duck Artist".
- 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.
- Frank Thomas
Franklin Thomas was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men. He graduated from Stanford University - where he worked on campus humor magazine the Stanford Chaparral with Ollie Johnston -- then later attended Chouinard Art Institute, then joined The Walt Disney Company on September 24, 1934 as employee number 224. There he animated dozens of feature films and shorts, and also was a member of the Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two, …
- Ward Kimball
Ward Walrath Kimball (March 4, 1914 - July 8, 2002) was an Academy Award-winning animator for the Walt Disney Studios. He was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as Disney's Nine Old Men. While Kimball was a brilliant draftsman, he preferred to work on comical characters rather than complicated human designs. Animating came easily to him and he was constantly looking to do things differently. Because of this, Walt Disney called Ward a genius in the book, …
- Mary Blair
Mary Blair (October 21, 1911-July 26, 1978), born Mary Robinson, was an American artist best remembered today for work done for The Walt Disney Company. Blair produced striking concept art for such films as "Alice in Wonderland" and "Peter Pan". Her style also lives on through the character designs for the Disney attraction "it's a small world", as well as an enormous mosaic inside Disney's Contemporary Resort.
- Floyd Norman
Floyd E. Norman (born "c." 1936) is an American animator who worked on the Walt Disney animated features "Sleeping Beauty", "The Sword in the Stone" and "The Jungle Book" along with various animated short projects at Disney in the late 50's and early 60's. After Walt Disney's death in 1966 Floyd Norman left Disney Studios to co-found the AfroKids animation studio with business partner animator/director Leo Sullivan.
- Don Rosa
Gioachino "Keno" Don Hugo Rosa (often just called Don Rosa) (born June 29, 1951) is a comic book writer and illustrator best known for his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and other Disney characters. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. His most famous work is "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck".
- Tim Allen
Tim Allen (born Timothy Allen Dick on June 13, 1953) is a Golden Globe-winning American comedian, character actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer perhaps best known for his role in the sitcom "Home Improvement" and his roles in Disney films, such as "The Santa Clause" and "Toy Story".
- 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.
- 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.
- John Bryson
John E. Bryson is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison. He is also a director of The Boeing Company, W. M. Keck Foundation, and The Walt Disney Company, a Director/Trustee for three funds in the Western Asset funds complex and a trustee of California Institute of Technology. He serves or has served on a number of educational, environmental, and other nonprofit boards, …
- John Hench
John Hench was an employee of The Walt Disney Company for more than sixty five years, an exceptionally long tenure which saw the rise of nearly every Disney animated feature and theme park. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Hench attended numerous art and creative schools across the country, including the Art Students' League in New York City, the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, …
- Greg Weisman
Greg Weisman (born September 28 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American animation writer and producer most famous as the creator of the animated television series "Gargoyles". Weisman is a former English composition and writing teacher and received degrees at Stanford University and USC. Of late, Weisman is notable for the question and answer forum he participates in with "Gargoyles" fans online, often revealing his intended plans for the show.
- Glen Keane
Glen Keane (born on 1954) is the son of Bil Keane (an illustrator best known for the daily comic strip "The Family Circus") and Thelma "Thel" Carne Keane. He is perhaps the most famous traditional (2D) lead character animator in recent history. He is currently employed at Walt Disney Studios. Glen left CalArts in 1974 and joined Disney the same year. His debut work was featured in "The Rescuers" as an animator for Penny, alongside the famed Ollie Johnston, …
- Andreas Deja
Andreas Deja is a Polish-born German character animator for The Walt Disney Company. He lived since 1958 in Dinslaken/Germany and studies Graphic-Design at the Folkwang-Schule in Essen/Germany. A lifelong fan of Disney animated films, he started with the studio in 1980. The first film on which he worked was "The Black Cauldron," during which time he shared a cubicle with Tim Burton.
- Robert Matschullat
Robert W. Matschullat is a private equity investor, and served from October 1995 until June 2000 as Vice Chairman of the board of directors of The Seagram Company Ltd. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Seagram until January 2000. Prior to joining Seagram, Matschullat was head of worldwide investment banking for Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, and was on the Morgan Stanley Group board of directors.
- Fred Langhammer
Fred H. Langhammer is Chairman, Global Affairs, of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of cosmetics products. Prior to being named Chairman, Global Affairs, Mr. Langhammer was Chief Executive Officer of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. from 2000 to 2004, President from 1995 to 2004 and Chief Operating Officer from 1985 through 1999. Mr. Langhammer joined The Estée Lauder Companies in 1975 as President of its operations in Japan.
- Wally Boag
Wallace Vincent Boag (born September 13, 1920 in Portland, Oregon) is an American performer known for his starring role in Disney's long running stage show the "Golden Horseshoe Revue".
- Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English musical theatre lyricist, author, radio presenter, television gameshow panelist.
- 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.
- 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, …
- Jerry Beck
Jerry Beck (born February 9, 1955) is a well known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. He is also an animation producer, an industry consultant, and has been an executive with Nickelodeon and Disney.
- 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.
- X Atencio
Francis Xavier Atencio (born 1920 in Walsenburg, Colorado), commonly known as X Atencio, is a former animator, composer, and Imagineer for The Walt Disney Company. He was a Disney artist from 1938 until 1965, when he became an Imagineer to help design the Disneyland Railroad's Primeval World diorama segment. He then contributed to various Disney attractions. He wrote the script for both Adventure Thru Inner Space and Pirates of the Caribbean, …
- Joe Ranft
Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft was a magician, animation storyboard artist, and voice actor who worked for Pixar and Disney.
- 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, …
- Andy Mooney
Andrew "Andy" P. Mooney is the chairman of Disney Consumer Products (DCP). Mooney was named chairman of DCP in May 2003 after having served as its president since joining The Walt Disney Company in December 1999. Mooney oversees the worldwide day-to-day operations of DCP, which extends the rich Disney entertainment experience to a broad selection of merchandise ranging from toys, apparel, home décor and books to interactive games, food and beverages, …
- Thomas O. Staggs
Thomas O. Staggs is the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Walt Disney Company.
- Hayley Mills
Hayley Catherine Rose Vivian Mills (born April 18, 1946) is an English actress.
- David Was
David Was is, with his stage-brother Don Was, the founder of the influential 1980s pop group, Was (Not Was). Reviewed by "The New York Times" in 1980 as "the funkier art-funk band" (comparing them to Talking Heads), Was (Not Was) used members of Funkadelic; alongside jazz legends like trumpeter Marcus Belgrave; and singers Mel Tormé,and Ozzy Osbourne. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Was fled his native Detroit for California, …