Walt Disney (1901–1966)
American entrepreneur & entertainment icon
Resourcefulness & Resilience by Disney...
- First company went bankrupt.
- Lost the rights to his first successful cartoon character (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit) along with most of his employees.
- Had a nervous breakdown.
- Won his first of 22 Academy Awards on a cartoon that he'd completed in black & white but then redid in color from scratch (Flowers and Trees - 1932)
- Made it through the Great Depression with merchandising deals of Mickey (watches, dolls, etc.)
- His company employs 150,000 people and has $38 billion in sales.
For Disney fans, the DVD about his life, Walt - The Man Behind the Myth is killer.
Reprinted from Justsell.
