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Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) [2] is an American businessman [3] and former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005.
Michael Eisner (Michael Dammann Eisner) is an American businessman who was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005.
Michael Dammann Eisner was born in Mt. Kisco, a small town north of New York City, in 1942. His father, Lester Eisner Jr., was a Harvard-educated lawyer and an investor in real estate, and the family was quite wealthy.
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Eisner was born in Mount Kisco, New York, and raised on Park Avenue in Manhattan. He attended the Allen-Stevenson School followed by the Lawrenceville School and graduated from Denison University in 1964 with a B.A. in English. He is a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. His great-grandfather, Sigmund Eisner, was one of the first uniform suppli...
After two brief stints at NBC and CBS, Barry Diller at ABC hired Eisner as Assistant to the National Programming Director. Eisner moved up the ranks, eventually becoming a senior vice president in charge of programming and development. In 1976, Diller, who had by then moved on to become chairman of Paramount Pictures, recruited Eisner from ABC and ...
The Walt Disney Company had been struggling since the death of Walt Disney in 1966, and that of his older brother Roy O. Disney in 1971. The company had narrowly survived takeover attempts by corporate raiders when its shareholders Sid Bass and Roy E. Disney brought on Eisner and former Warner Brothers chief Frank Wells to replace Ron W. Millerin 1...
On October 7, 2005, Eisner hosted The Charlie Rose Show, filling in for Rose. His guests were John Travolta and his ex-boss, Barry Diller. Impressed with Eisner's performance, CNBC President Mark Hoffman hired Eisner in early 2006 to host his own talk show Conversations with Michael Eisner. The show mostly features CEOs, political leaders, artists ...
Work In Progress (1998) (ISBN 0-375-50071-5)Camp (2005) (ISBN 978-0446533690)"I always went into an area that was in last place, with a philosophy, 'You can't fall off the floor.' And I was lucky, was at the right time and the right place, with the right ideas, and each one..."You can't succeed unless you've got failure, especially creatively.""Diversity is a great force towards creativity."Official site MichaelEisner.comMichael Eisner on IMDbCNBC show official site with videos and transcripts Conversations with Michael EisnerSep 20, 2024 · Michael Eisner, American business and entertainment executive who was known for his role in reviving the fortunes of, successively, the television network ABC (1966–76), the film studio Paramount Pictures (1976–84), and the Disney Company (1984–2005). Learn more about his life and accomplishments.
May 14, 2018 · Michael Eisner 1942 – Chief executive officer, The Walt Disney Company. Nationality: American. Born: March 7, 1942, in Mt. Kisco, New York. Education: Denison University, BA, 1964. Family: Son of Lester Eisner and Margaret Dammann; married Jane Breckenridge; children: three.
For four decades, Michael Eisner has been a leader in the American entertainment industry. He began his career at ABC, where he helped take the network from number three to number one in primetime, daytime and children’s television with such landmark shows as Happy Days; Barney Miller; Rich Man, Poor Man; and Roots.
