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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy E. Disney has received more than 3,266,821 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Roy E. Disney is the 331st most popular businessperson (down from 325th in 2019), the 3,735th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,898th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 53.08

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

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  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Roy E. Disney ranks 331 out of 847. Before him are Serge Dassault, Chuck Feeney, Linda McMahon, Norio Ohga, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, and Akio Toyoda. After him are Edwin Drake, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Martin Winterkorn, Sundar Pichai, Viktor Vekselberg, and Timothy Dexter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Roy E. Disney ranks 235. Before him are Ross Perot, Liliana Segre, Norio Ohga, Ken Naganuma, Frederick Wiseman, and Adile Naşit. After him are Jim Hall, Gastone Nencini, Jim Rohn, Shahabuddin Ahmed, Juan Gelman, and Josef Hügi. Among people deceased in 2009, Roy E. Disney ranks 138. Before him are Natalya Estemirova, Pierre Gamarra, Andrea Mead Lawrence, Francisco Ayala, Budd Schulberg, and Horst Szymaniak. After him are Giovanni Arrighi, Jim Rohn, Abdellatif Filali, Yoshito Usui, Guillermo Endara, and Fritz Muliar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy E. Disney ranks 3,735 out of 20,380. Before him are George Ellery Hale (1868), L. L. Langstroth (1810), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Thomas E. Dewey (1902), Dan Sullivan (1964), and Budd Boetticher (1916). After him are James Rollins (1961), Elizabeth Banks (1974), William Baumol (1922), Philip Showalter Hench (1896), William Graham Sumner (1840), and Peggy Lipton (1946).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Roy E. Disney ranks 101. Before him are Alice Walton (1949), David Stern (1942), Jerry Buss (1933), David Koch (1940), Chuck Feeney (1931), and Linda McMahon (1948). After him are Edwin Drake (1819), Timothy Dexter (1747), Chris Gardner (1954), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Arnold Rothstein (1882), and Charles Geschke (1939).

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