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Michael Eisner
Michael Dammann Eisner is an American businessman and media proprietor who served as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005. Prior to Disney, Eisner was president of film studio Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984, and had brief stints at the major television networks NBC, CBS, and ABC.
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business · American businessman and media proprietor (born 1942) · entrepreneur · businessperson · chief executive officer · also Michael Eisner, Michael Dammann Eisner, Eisner
Born 7 March 1942 · Q727953
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2026· 3 entries
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Public attention spiked: 6,879 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.9× the usual 875, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 3 entries
Yahoo: Former CEO Michael Eisner Blasts Company for Caving to ‘Out-of-Control Intimidation’ from Trump’s FCC
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Yahoo: Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner Slams Bob Iger Over Kimmel Suspension: ‘Where Has All the Leadership Gone?’
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The Hollywood Reporter: Ex-Disney CEO Michael Eisner Weighs in on Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: “Where Has All the Leadership Gone?”
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2017· 2 entries
It was confirmed that Eisner and his Tornante Company had completed their purchase for a reported fee of £5
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That Eisner and his Tornante Company were in an exclusivity agreement
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2010· 1 entry
KCRW: Michael Eisner and the Tribune Company
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2009· 1 entry
Eisner used his own money to produce a claymation show called Glenn Martin, DDS
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2005· 2 entries
Eisner was a guest host for the Charlie Rose talk show
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Eisner announced that he would step down as CEO one year before his contract expired, and handed off day-to-day duties to Bob Iger, who had been serving as Disney's President and Chief Operating Officer and had just been
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2004· 1 entry
At Disney's annual shareholders' meeting, a surprising and unprecedented 43% of Disney's shareholders, predominantly rallied by former board members Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, withheld their proxies to re-elect Eisner
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2002· 1 entry
As Walt Disney Studios Park), Disney's America, a high-profile failed project to establish a history-themed park in Virginia, and various film projects including a Who Framed Roger Rabbit franchise
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1994· 1 entry
Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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1993· 1 entry
Katzenberg had lobbied to become Eisner's second in command, which would have meant moving Frank Wells from president to vice chairman, to which Eisner 'replied that Wells would feel "hurt" in that scenario'
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1989· 1 entry
Euro Disney (now Disneyland Paris) in 1992, Disney's Animal Kingdom in 1998, Disney's California Adventure Park and Tokyo DisneySea in 2001, Walt Disney Studios Park in 2002 and Hong Kong Disneyland in 2005
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1984· 3 entries
And, as his protégé, Eisner expected to assume Diller's position as studio chief
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Career landmark: chairperson (1984–2004).
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Career landmark: chief executive officer (1984–2005).
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1976· 1 entry
Diller, who had by then moved on to become chairman of Paramount Pictures, recruited Eisner from ABC and made him president and COO of the movie studio
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1971· 1 entry
The Walt Disney Company narrowly survived several takeover attempts
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1964· 1 entry
Met his future wife, Jane Breckenridge, a Unitarian of Swedish and Scottish descent
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-03-07.
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