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Walt Disney's Impact On The Business World

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Walt Disney, one of the most loved entrepreneurs of all time. Walt Disney is the founder of Walt Disney Productions. It’s net worth $103.96 billion! I very thankful for everything he did. I may be 15 years old, but you’re never too old for all his productions. “ Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever.” Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Hermosa, Illinois. He has three brothers and one sister. He lived most of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri. This is where he began drawing, painting, and selling pictures to family, friends,and neighbors. In 1911, he moved to Kansas City and developed a love for trains. Walt attended high school at McKinley High School in Chicago. Walt took many drawing/ photography classes, and became a contributing cartoonist for the school paper. At night he would take courses at the Chicago Art Institute. At 16, Walt dropped out of school to join the army, but he was rejected. So instead, he joined the Red Cross. He was sent to France to drive an ambulance for a year. Disney returned to Kansas City from France in 1919 and …show more content…

It was “Steamboat Willie.” Walt was the voice of Mickey. Not long after “Silly Symphonies” was made. New friends were to accompany Mickey. This show won an Oscar. Walt won 26 Academy Awards, 22 competitive Academy Awards, 7 Emmy Awards, and 59 nominations in his lifetime. Walt holds the record for most nomination and wins for an individual in history. His first Academy Award was for Mickey Mouse. He also won the Cecil B. Demille Award. His first big hit movie was “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” which was open to the public in 1938. “Cinderella” was his next big hit in 1948. Walt had a total of 70 movies in his lifetime. He is the founder of Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Unfortunately, he died before they were finished. His brother finished them in Walt’s

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