Pixar
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Founders
Ed Catmull- President
Alvy Ray Smith
Steve Jobs
John Lasseter
Basic Information about Pixar
Pixar is based out of Emeryville, California
Founded in 1979 by the computer graphics department of LucasArts and was funded by part of the Apple Corporation.
In 2006, Pixar was bought out by the Walt Disney Company for $7.4 billion.
Social Significance
We believe that Pixar has aided the economy by attracting a wide demographic to its movies. Socially, all age groups seem to enjoy any Pixar movie that comes to theatres.
Culturally, the country has grown to love the Pixar classics such as; Toy Story, Monsters Inc., and Finding Nemo.