3. Background
He was born in Chicago, Illinois on
December 5, 1901
He was a cartoonist and a film
innovator
He won 26 Academy Awards
He was among the most successful
American entrepreneurs
4. Childhood
Although he was born into poverty,
he was able to contribute greatly
to the American economy
He loved to draw so much that he
decided to make a career out of it
Instead of doing schoolwork, he
would doodle pictures of animals
and nature
5. Characters
His first cartoon character, Oswald
the Rabbit, was stolen from him
He created many famous cartoon
characters including Mickey Mouse,
Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Pluto, and
the Disney princesses
6.
7. Films
His first full-length animated film
was Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs, which was released in
1938
Since then, the Disney name has
made many movies such as
Beauty and the Beast, Hercules,
Fantasia, Alice in Wonderland,
Tarzan, Pirates of the Caribbean,
Peter Pan, and so much more
8. Merchandise
The Disney Company produces a
very large variety of trinkets each
year
These trinkets include toys, home
décor, games, foods and
beverages, stationary, electronics,
art, and clothes
9. Disneyland
Disneyland was the first theme
park built by Disney
It is located in Central California
It supports more than 23,800 jobs
in the US
Disneyland generates $3.6 billion a
year
In order to build Disneyland, Walt
Disney had to mortgage
everything he owned including his
10.
11. Disneyworld
Disneyworld is located in Central
Florida
Before The Disney Company could
build Disneyworld, they had to buy
up lots of the swampland south of
Orlando in order to have enough
room
Since it was built, Orlando has
become much more heavily
populated and is now a prime
14. Properties
What people think
Disney owns What Disney actually owns
The theme parks in 11 theme parks
California and Florida across 3 continents
The Disney movies The Disney movies
5 cruise ships
The ABC network
The ESPN network
Several online virtual
worlds for kids
Marvel comics
15.
16. Quotes
“You can design and create, and
build the most wonderful place in
the world, but it takes people to
make the dream a reality”
18. Works Cited cont.
Richard Schickel. “Ruler of the
Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney.”
Time 7 Dec. 1998: KidQuest
Magazine. ProQuest. Web.23 Sep.
2009.
“Walt Disney: Long Biography.”
Walt Disney- JustDisney,com- Your
Source For Disney. Web. 27 Sept.
2009.
http://www.justdisney.com/walt_d
isney/biography/long_bio.html
19. Works Cited cont.
“The Walt Disney Company- News
from the Disney Board- March 04,
2005.” The Walt Disney Company
and Affiliated Companies-
Corporate Information. Web. 23
Sept. 2009.
http://corporate.disney.go.com/co
rporate/board_news/2004/2005_0
305_dlrstudy.html