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Roy E. Disney

1930 - 2009

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Roy Edward Disney KCSG (January 10, 1930 – December 16, 2009) was an American businessman. He was the longtime senior executive for the Walt Disney Company, which was founded by his uncle, Walt Disney, and his father, Roy O. Disney. At the time of his death, he held more than 16 million shares (about 1% of the company), and served as a consultant for the company, as well as director emeritus for the board of directors. During his tenure, he organized ousting of the company's top two executives: Ron W. Miller in 1984 and Michael Eisner in 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy E. Disney is the 401st most popular businessperson (down from 331st in 2019), the 5,048th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,735th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Roy E. Disney ranks 401 out of 847. Before him are Robert Mercer, Steve Jackson, Ida Straus, Howard Schultz, Peter Lynch, and Edwin Drake. After him are John Cockerill, Elisabeth Abegg, Mikhail Prokhorov, Gerard Philips, Christophe de Margerie, and Allen Klein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Roy E. Disney ranks 292. Before him are Odetta, Shahabuddin Ahmed, Gregory Corso, Al Lawrence, Jean-Louis de Rambures, and John Wood. After him are Giuliano Montaldo, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, Stephen Fumio Hamao, Philip Bosco, Guy Béart, and Yuri Rytkheu. Among people deceased in 2009, Roy E. Disney ranks 169. Before him are Guillermo Endara, Fritz Muliar, Valentin Varennikov, Lyudmila Zykina, Lis Hartel, and Gene Barry. After him are František Veselý, Robert Holdstock, Allen Klein, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Ekaterina Maximova, and Marilyn French.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy E. Disney ranks 5,048 out of 20,380. Before him are Margaret Sullavan (1909), Peggy Whitson (1960), Susan Brownmiller (1935), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Edwin Drake (1819), and Steve James (1952). After him are Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Don Adams (1923), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Eve Arnold (1912), Harry Stenqvist (1893), and Mickey Mantle (1931).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Roy E. Disney ranks 127. Before him are Douglas Tompkins (1943), Sylvia Beach (1887), Robert Mercer (1946), Howard Schultz (1953), Peter Lynch (1944), and Edwin Drake (1819). After him are Allen Klein (1931), Alan Lomax (1915), Robert Monroe (1915), John Elkann (1976), Reed Hastings (1960), and Ivy Lee (1877).

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