I have a couple friends who make an annual pilgrimage to the Disney shareholder meeting. They used to hold them all close to the theme parks, but for the last decade or so, they’ve been rotating them to various locations around the nation. For 2013,… Read More »Disney Shareholder Meeting to be Webcast Today
A short video from Walt Disney World highlights their important efforts at keeping a diverse supplier pipeline. Eugene Campbell, Vice President Domestic Minority Business Development, helps explain why Disney places such a high value on having a diverse group of suppliers. The video also has… Read More »Walt Disney Parks Displays Importance of Supplier Diversity
Financially, this last quarter may have been a bit rougher than The Walt Disney Company forecasted, but things are alright now. At least according to CFO Jay Rasulo. One of the things new studio boss Alan Horn has been doing is reviewing all existing film… Read More »Jay Rasulo Talks Up Disney’s Fiscal Future
Disney is getting into the market in India in a big way. A $180 million investment was recently approved as part of a $1.25 billion package of foreign investments. The mouse house will continue developing its investment in UTV, one of the largest entertainment and… Read More »Government of India Approves $180 Million Investment by Disney
Businessweek recently conducted an interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger during which the recent extreme makeover of Disney California Adventure was a centerpiece. What I found interesting about the interview was how candid Iger was about some of the things went wrong with the original… Read More »Bob Iger Comes Clean on DCA
The Walt Disney Company is pretty much the definition of a far-flung company. It has outlets in every corner of the world, fingers in every part of the media pie, and does retail, themeparks, and other forms of travel like no one else. But when… Read More »Mars Buried, Box Office Avenged, and Parks Resurgent mean 3rd Quarter Profits for Disney
The Disney Institute started as a dream of Michael Eisner that guests coming to the resort would carve out a bit of their time to learn something of they way Disney crafts its magic brand. Turns out, not so much. But a rather large nugget… Read More »Disney Institute growing its business consulting role
Bob Billingslea is the Walt Disney Co.’s vice president of corporate urban affairs, which puts him in charge of the company’s minority-outreach efforts. He’s been active in the community and the Urban League and has served the mouse and the community for 42 years. Billingslea… Read More »Bob Billingslea, Disney World’s Minority-Outreach VP, retiring