The Walt Disney Co. offers and operates numerous entertainment-related companies around the world. The company's market cap is nearly $213 billion in 2024. The Vanguard Group holds more than 146 million shares of Disney and is the company's top shareholder as of 2024.
Disney's shares are owned by a mix of insiders, ordinary investors, and institutional investors. Disney's largest individual shareholders are the company's insiders, including the current CEO, Robert Iger, and top managers, such as Brent A. Woodford, Maria Elena Lagomasino, and Mary Barra.
Robert A. Iger. Robert Alan Iger is Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, having returned to the company in November of 2022 after serving as CEO and Chairman from 2005 to 2020, and then as Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board through 2021.
As for how much the Disney family is worth these days, that's not entirely clear. According to Walt Disney's grand-nephew, Roy Patrick Disney, Walt and Roy owned about 20% of the company by 1960 and today the whole family owns less than 3% of it. Most of the family has stayed out of the business.
The Walt Disney Company owns 43 percent of the resort; the majority 57 percent is held by Shanghai Shendi Group, a joint venture of three companies owned by the Shanghai government.
The Walt Disney Company reported its second quarter earnings of 2024 on Tuesday with CEO Bob Iger noting that the “strong performance in Q2 demonstrates we are delivering on our strategic priorities, while building for the future.”
The Disney family is an American family that gained prominence when brothers Roy and Walt began creating films through the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, today known as mass media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company.
Roy O.'s grandson, Roy P., said at one point that the family owns less than 3% of the company. Even so, that would put their fortune around $3.9 billion (not counting any investments in addition to Disney holdings).
Does Disney own Coca-Cola & Pepsi? Um, no. These are three independent companies. Each of them own a hundred or more various brands across various industries but they're separate companies.
Under Iger, Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4 billion, a deal under which Lucas received 37.1 million Disney shares. Lucas, who had founded the company in 1971, has an estimated net worth of $7.9 billion, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The appointment would make Walden the first female CEO of the Walt Disney Co. in its 100-year history. Just a year into her early career at 20th Century Fox, working in publicity, Walden delivered a presentation at a company retreat in Santa Barbara, California.
The Walt Disney Company owns over 200 companies both directly and indirectly. They range from movie and music studios, music, TV channels, news networks, and video games.
Robert Alan Chapek (born 1959) is an American former media executive who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from 2020 to 2022. He joined Masimo's board of directors in 2024. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
By 2009, the Chinese government was finally on board. It took a 57 percent stake in the Shanghai resort, which includes revenue from hotels, restaurants and merchandise sold on the grounds. Disney also gave the government a 30 percent piece of the Disney management company that runs the property.
The Chinese government approved the resort on November 4, 2009. The Walt Disney Company announced on November 5, 2010, that it had signed an agreement with Shanghai Shendi Group to build the resort and park in Shanghai, with a planned opening in 2015.
It's a joint venture with a "state-owned enterprise" — i.e., the CCP. The split? The CCP owns 57%, Disney just 43%. Do most Disney shareholders even know that fact?
“While I don't own any Disney shares today, I would definitely buy their shares if Nelson were elected to the board,” he posted to X. “He would help reform the company, improve the quality of product, and generally serve in the best interests of shareholders.” The endorsement may come too late, however.
The ownership structure of Walt Disney (DIS) stock is a mix of institutional, retail and individual investors. Approximately 40.91% of the company's stock is owned by Institutional Investors, 8.41% is owned by Insiders and 50.68% is owned by Public Companies and Individual Investors.
Entertainment is the largest segment for Disney thanks to its robust streaming business. Following closely behind is Disney's experiences revenue, which is quickly growing with a 7% increase year over year in the first quarter of 2024.
