Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) ran the The Walt Disney Company from 1984 to 2005.

Early life

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Eisner, born to affluence in Mt. Kisco, New York, was raised on Park Avenue in New York. He attended 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.

ABC and Paramount

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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 vice president in charge of programming and development. In 1976, Diller, who had by then moved on to become chairman of Paramount Pictures, plucked Eisner from ABC and made him president and COO of the movie studio. During his tenure at Paramount, the studio turned out such hit films as Saturday Night Fever, Grease, the Star Trek film franchise, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Beverly Hills Cop, and hit TV shows such as Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Cheers and Family Ties.

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"We have no obligation to make history, art, or a statement. Our only objective is to make money." - Michael Eisner (paraphrased)
harpomarx42 (Jason Rule) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:57:04 -0000
"We have no obligation to make history, art, or a statement. Our only objective is to make money." - Michael Eisner (paraphrased)
Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success. - Michael Eisner
WashingMachinez (Shanon Devlin) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:53:01 -0000
Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success. - Michael Eisner
Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success. - Michael Eisner
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Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success. - Michael Eisner
Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success. - Michael Eisner
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Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success. - Michael Eisner
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