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
board discontent far operate totally
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.
abc bring catalyst innovative quiz single year
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.
market people reflects stock worry
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.
media years america
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.
two lasts
My strength is coming up with two outs in the last of the ninth.
creativity financial sensible
Creativity can flourish within sensible financial limitations.
law privacy objectives
Privacy laws are our biggest impediment to us obtaining our objectives.
taken school college
I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea.
stuff fantastic company
Doing stuff that I don't have to talk about because I'm not in a public company is fantastic.
express-yourself should ifs
If you're really good, you should express yourself...a lot.
decision before-its-too-late made
A decision will be made before it's too late or soon thereafter.
long doe habit
Failure is good as long as it does not become a habit.