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| Date | January 24, 2006 |
| Target | Pixar Animation Studios |
| Sector | Media |
| Buyer(s) | Walt Disney |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 7.4B USD |
| Advisor(s) | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Legal) |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1923 |
| Sector | Media |
| Employees | 177,080 |
| Revenue | 91.4B USD (2024) |
Walt Disney is a diversified worldwide entertainment company. Walt Disney operates in five business segments. These include Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products and Interactive. The Media Networks segment includes international and domestic cable television networks, a domestic broadcast television network, television production operations, domestic and international television distribution, domestic television stations, domestic broadcast radio networks and stations, and publishing and digital operations. Walt Disney was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.
| Deal Context for Buyer | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 5 of 21 |
| Sector: Media | 3 of 6 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition | 5 of 20 |
| State: California | 4 of 10 |
| Country: United States | 5 of 16 |
| Year: 2006 | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 3 of 12 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-11-06 |
The Baby Einstein Company
Alpharetta, Georgia, United States The Baby Einstein Company develops and sells products that expose babies to various forms of human expression–language, poetry, music, art and science, through ways that are nurturing and fun. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-01 |
Club Penguin
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Club Penguin is an online virtual worlds for kids formed in 2005. |
Buy | $350M |
