Michael Eisner
Michael Eisner
Michael Dammann Eisneris an American businessman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth7 March 1942
CityMount Kisco, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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I regret Sandy's decision, but I accept it and respect his desire to pursue new ventures,
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If I had told you a year ago that a single innovative quiz show would be a catalyst to bring ABC back to dominance, you would probably thought I was sprinkling a little too much pixie dust,
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I am pleased with the strength of our results in the first quarter, ... Once again, Parks & Resorts proved itself to be an extraordinary driver of higher earnings. Significantly, these earnings came not only from our established theme park businesses, but from our new cruise line business as well.
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I don't worry about the stock price, ... I worry about what we do and how we do it, and if we do it well and if people like what we do, they'll come to our properties. If they come to our properties, we'll do well financially and the stock market reflects that.
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I had not one inkling from Joe, ever, of discontent with the way we operate, ... He and I operate very well together. We were totally on board as far as strategy.
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In a soft economy, Disney's overall performance continues to be solid, ... Our studio has added yet another quarter to a year of strong growth. At our parks, effective expense-management measures have largely compensated for the weaker attendance that we had anticipated.
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in a large scale, not a one-off scale.
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highly focused on addressing the challenges at the ABC network.
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And just in the nick of time, ... Next week, I couldn't take credit for it.
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The competitive factors that initially compelled us to establish a separately traded class of common stock tied to our Internet operations have fundamentally changed.
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The devastation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is simply heartbreaking and our thoughts are with those struggling in the aftermath of this disaster. We hope that our donation will aid emergency management teams and organizations in their efforts to provide assistance to those impacted.
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21 years as CEO is a long time. I was and probably still am the longest serving CEO in America. Certainly I am in the media industry, bar none.
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My strength is coming up with two outs in the last of the ninth.
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Creativity can flourish within sensible financial limitations.