Roy E. Disney Net Worth

Net Worth $ 1.2 Million

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Born on: 10th Jan 30 Born in: United States Marital status: Deceased Occupation: The Walt Disney Company

Born as Roy Edward Disney has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion. He was the senior executive for The Walt Disney Company that his father Roy Oliver Disney as well as Uncle Walt Disney founded. In the early 50s, Disney began his work for the family business after graduating from Pomona College. It was in the late 1960s when Disney took on the executive role being the Chairman of the Board. He left the board in 1977 due a disagreement and then decided to leave the board altogether back in 1984. Disney helped engineer take over where Michael Eisner took over the job of being Chairman. The said company started to nose-dive in the early 2000s and this is where Disney organized another second takeover. In 2005, Eisner resigned. Disney re-joined the company and remained together with the board until his death in 2009. Before he died, Disney was the consultant for the company as well as the Director Emeritus for the board of Directors. Being the last member of the Disney family to be actively involved in the family business, he was often compared to his father and uncle. In 1998, Pope John Paul II made Disney a Knight Commander of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great (KCSG). Ten years later, he received an honorary doctorate from the California Maritime Academy for his countless contributions to the state as well as the nation which includes international sailing.

"When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier."

"Because our performance has been so good and our creative output has been so superior -- we've never done better in our history."

"And maybe that's part of the problem"

"I've had it before, and this will go away, I believe... I have decided to not get in the fray."

Son of Roy O. Disney and Edna Disney.

Cousin of Diane Disney and Sharon Disney.

Grandson of Elias Disney and Flora Disney.

Nephew of Walt Disney and Lillian Disney.

On 30 November 2003, he abruptly resigned his position as Chairman of the Feature Animation Division and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Walt Disney Productions. In his resignation letter, he denounced Disney CEO Michael Eisner for (among other things) the failure of ABC-TV and ABC Family Channel ratings, loss of company morale through consistent micro-management, building newer theme parks "on the cheap", changing the company s public image as "always looking for the quick buck ", the defection of creative talent to other companies, failure to establish lasting relationships with creative partners and not establishing a management succession plan. Roy Disney s resignation was followed the very next day by the resignation of Disney Boardmember Stanley P. Gold, who echoed many of Roy Disney's complaints.

Father of Abigail Disney, Susan Disney, Roy P. Disney and Tim Disney.

Died the day after the forty-third anniversary of uncle Walt Disney s death, on the twelfth anniversary of his aunt's, Lillian Disney s death, four days before the thirty-eighth anniversary of his father Roy O. Disney s passing, and two days before the twenty-fifth anniversary of his mother Edna Disney s death.

Made a special unannounced surprise appearance at the premiere of a revival/promotional screening of the 1989 Disney classic The Little Mermaid (1989) at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California on September 7th, 2006.

After an introduction, by longtime Disney producer “Don Hahn”, which recalled his many accomplishments, Disney stood up from his seat in the audience and bowed his head in appreciation. The shocked and delighted audience gave him a standing ovation. [September 2006]

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