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Michael Eisner

1942 - Today

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Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) is an American businessman and former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005. Prior to Disney, Eisner was president of rival film studio Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984, and had brief stints at the major television networks NBC, CBS, and ABC. Eisner's 21-year stint at Disney saw the revitalization of the company's poorly performing animation studios with successful films such as The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and The Lion King (1994), a period known as the Disney Renaissance. Eisner additionally broadened the company's media portfolio by leading the acquisitions of ABC, most of ESPN and The Muppets franchise. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Eisner has received more than 4,452,262 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Eisner is the 449th most popular businessperson (down from 400th in 2019), the 5,662nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,247th in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 4.5M

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  • 56.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Michael Eisner ranks 449 out of 847. Before him are Rina Zaripova, Henry Clay Frick, Alan Lomax, Eduardo Saverin, Robert Durst, and Walter Wild. After him are Anders Hejlsberg, Émile Étienne Guimet, Henry Luce, Vladimir Lisin, Astor family, and Frédéric Vasseur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Michael Eisner ranks 383. Before him are Flora Purim, Jean Shrimpton, Gabriela Adameșteanu, José Omar Pastoriza, Country Joe McDonald, and Klaus-Dieter Sieloff. After him are Celso Amorim, José Serra, Reiner Schöne, Eric Shinseki, Krister Kristensson, and Tammy Faye Messner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Eisner ranks 5,662 out of 20,380. Before him are M. C. Gainey (1948), Phil McGraw (1950), John Wesley Powell (1834), Desmond Child (1953), Mark Pellegrino (1965), and Irving Cummings (1888). After him are Kurt Fuller (1953), Ray Barretto (1929), JoBeth Williams (1948), Gavin MacLeod (1931), George Saling (1909), and Harry Morgan (1915).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Michael Eisner ranks 140. Before him are James Buchanan Duke (1856), Muhtar Kent (1952), Michael Dell (1965), Henry Clay Frick (1849), Alan Lomax (1915), and Robert Durst (1943). After him are Chad Hurley (1977), Brendan Eich (1961), Carl Icahn (1936), Lawrence Roberts (1937), Mark Cuban (1958), and Jamie Hyneman (1956).

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