The ownership structure of Walt Disney (DIS) stock is a mix of institutional, retail and individual investors. Approximately 52.85% of the company's stock is owned by Institutional Investors, 8.41% is owned by Insiders and 38.74% is owned by Public Companies and Individual Investors.
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.
The Walt Disney World Company manages and operates the Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida. The resort land is owned by the Walt Disney World Company, the Walt Disney Travel Company, and the Walt Disney World Hospitality and Recreation Corporation.
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 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.
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.
Vanguard owns the most shares of Walt Disney (DIS). The ownership structure can impact the company's decision making, as large institutional investors may exert influence on the company's management and can also affect the company's stock price with their buying and selling patterns.
If Walt Disney World teleported out of Florida, the state's unemployment rate would rise from 3% to 5.4% — that's how powerful the theme park is to the state's labor face, according to a Disney-commissioned study that said the company left a $40.3 billion economic impact on Florida last year.
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.
Since Walt died in 1966, the Walt Disney Company is now owned by three primary shareholders: the descendants of Roy and Walt, and two companies – Berkshire Hathaway and Cadbury.
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.
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.
Roy O.'s grandson, Roy P., previously said the family owns less than 3% of the company, but assuming it is about that amount would put their fortune around $3.9 billion (not counting any investments in addition to Disney holdings).
It would actually be extremely difficult, experts say. Impossibly so. “There isn't enough tea in China or gold in the ground to get Disney to leave Florida,” said Dennis Speigel, president of the consulting firm International Theme Park Services.
In fact, the study showed that without Disney's impact, Florida's unemployment rate would jump from 3% to 5.4%. The company also generates $6.6 billion in tax revenue.
A leading expert on Disney World's history in Florida told Insider that the amusement park is tied to its Florida home, due to its expensive operations and sprawling size. "They're stuck there," Richard Foglesong, the author of the book "Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando," told Insider.
“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.
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.
Arguably the biggest winner was Disney CEO Bob Iger, who can now move forward with the “distracting” proxy fight behind him. Iger's board seat was also up for a vote, and the filing shows that he secured about 94 percent of the votes, or 1,118,465,241 votes, with only 73,022,334 votes to withhold.
Collectively, eight of the grandchildren signed a pair of letters to shareholders in which they defended the legacy of Disney founders Roy and Walt Disney, and voiced support for the current CEO Bob Iger.
