Walt Disney
The Triumph of the American Imagination
Ranked #12 in Animation, Ranked #49 in Author Biography — see more rankings.
Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White, Fantasia, and Bambi. In his superb biography, Neal Gabler shows us how, over the course of two decades, Disney revolutionized the entertainment industry. In a way that was unprecedented and later widely imitated, he built a synergistic empire... more
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Marc Andreessen Co-Founder/Andreessen HorowitzBoth Marc and Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, have read and recommended Neal Gabler's biography of Walt Disney. (Source)
Brian Chesky Co-Founder & CEO/AirBnbWalt Disney [...] was a hero, he left behind an unbelievable legacy. You kinda hold him regard as the iconic successful founder. He was brilliant. The thing that's amazing is Walt bet everything over and over, was always on the brink of bankruptcy, and almost should never have been successful. (Source)
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Walt Disney is ranked in the following categories:
- #70 in Cinema
- #74 in Imagination
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