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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If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face.
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Our results for the quarter and, by and large, for the entire year, tell two concurrent stories. The first is one of relatively soft overall operating results. The second story is the solid performance from a number of our core assets, reflecting the continued strength of our brands.
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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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We are trying to put together and isolate our Internet activities into GO.com,
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These assets are completely complementary to our existing holdings, and they all go to Disney's
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These assets are a perfect fit for our company, ... We paid appropriately for a rare asset.
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The time has come to put this matter behind us and to focus on our business initiatives,
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I've been doing this a long time and you spend a lot of time trying to do what's right and concentrate on the bottom line, concentrate on creative excellence, and sometimes you have disagreements with people,
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enthroned himself as the omnipotent and infallible monarch of his personal Magic Kingdom.
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Sandy has been my key adviser over the past five years and has been invaluable in providing me guidance and counsel, ... Going forward he will continue to work with me to monitor and stimulate Disney's performance.
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Our theme parks and resorts division continued to lead the company forward during the second quarter.
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Bottom line, this year was obviously a disappointment, ... Duplication and inefficiencies inevitably worked their way into our operations and I am working to make sure they are squeezed back out again.
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I wanted Bob to get on with it and start running the company as soon as possible. I'm glad the unnecessary distractions are over.
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Thanks to his deep understanding of the company and its founders, talking to Card was the next-best thing to talking to Walt himself.