Walt Disney
Famous Entrepreneurs
Early Life
~ He lived most of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri, where he began drawing, painting and selling pictures to neighbors and family friends.
~ He took drawing and photography classes in high school and was a contributing cartoonist for the school paper.
Education
~ He later went to the Academy of Fine Arts
Work Background
~ His brother got him a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio
~Disney worked at the Kansas City Film Ad Company, where he made commercials based on cutout animation.
Company History
~ Disney opened Disney Brother's Studio
~His partners were his brother Roy and a cartoonist friend Iwwerks
~Disneyland theme park opened in the summer of 1955
~The park entertained tourists from around the world.
~Disneyland has branched out globally with parks in Tokyo, Paris and Hong Kong, with a Shanghai location slated to open in December 2015.
What is the company known for today?
What are they known for?
~The classic movies that everyone loves today
~Inventing Mickey Mouse
Why this person was successful
Citations
" Walt Disney." History of Walt Disney Studio, 2015. Web. 20 Mar. 2015