Michael D. Eisner
Media executive and business author
Michael D. Eisner led The Walt Disney Company as chairman and CEO from 1984 to 2005. He is the author of Working Together.
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American Born 1942 in New York City, United States
About Michael D. Eisner
Michael D. Eisner is an American businessman born in 1942. He worked at several television networks, then served as president of Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984. In 1984 he took over as head of The Walt Disney Company, serving as both its chairman and its top executive until 2005. During those years Disney's animation studios released films such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King, and the company acquired ABC and a majority share of ESPN. In 2005 he founded The Tornante Company, a privately held firm that invests in and develops media and entertainment businesses. He later created the animated series Glenn Martin, DDS, and he is the author of Working Together.