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Disney | |
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Predecessors | Laugh-O-Gram Studio |
Founded | October 16, 1923; 100 years ago (1923-10-16) |
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Headquarters | Team Disney Building, Walt Disney Studios, , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Revenue | US$82.722 billion (2022) |
US$12.121 billion (2022) | |
US$3.145 billion (2022) | |
Total assets | US$203.631 billion (2022) |
Total equity | US$98.879 billion (2022) |
Owners | Walt Disney |
Number of employees | c. 220,000 (2022) |
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Website | thewaltdisneycompany |
Footnotes / references |
The Walt Disney Company, commonly nicknamed Disney, is one of the largest entertainment and media companies in the world. Disney is known for Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Frozen, Aladdin, Lilo and Stitch, Toy Story and Cars. The studio is famous for cartoons, movies, television programs and shorts. It was started in 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Oliver Disney, as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. It had the name of Laugh-O-Gram Studio from 1921 to 1923, Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio from 1923 to 1926, Walt Disney Studio from 1926 to 1929, and Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1985.