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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 3,043,753 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Roy E. Disney is the 325th most popular businessperson (down from 281st in 2019), the 3,909th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,811th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 3.0M

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  • 51.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Roy E. Disney ranks 325 out of 601Before him are Suge Knight, David Koch, Martin Winterkorn, Terry Gou, Peter Thiel, and Vicente Calderón. After him are Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Maurizio Arrivabene, Armand Hammer, Robert Nobel, Malcom McLean, and Horacio Pagani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Roy E. Disney ranks 238Before him are Gary Snyder, Miodrag Bulatović, Borislav Pekić, Vilmos Zsigmond, Paul Veyne, and Jean Guillou. After him are Paul Poupard, Bora Kostić, Anne Francis, Paul Mazursky, Jean Vincent, and Gastone Nencini. Among people deceased in 2009, Roy E. Disney ranks 142Before him are Ken Annakin, Yukio Endo, Armen Takhtajan, Amir Pnueli, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, and Fritz Darges. After him are Valentin Varennikov, Grigore Vieru, Giovanni Arrighi, Pierre Harmel, Jim Carroll, and Pierre Gamarra.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy E. Disney ranks 3,909 out of 18,182Before him are Robert Rodriguez (1968), Ralph Linton (1893), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Wallace Beery (1885), John King Fairbank (1907), and Richard Conte (1910). After him are Steve Lukather (1957), Jim Steinman (1947), Joe Turkel (1927), Georgia Hale (1900), Michael G. Wilson (1942), and Timothy Olyphant (1968).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Roy E. Disney ranks 102Before him are Allen Klein (1931), Dustin Moskovitz (1984), Paul Castellano (1915), Bob Iger (1951), Suge Knight (1965), and David Koch (1940). After him are Armand Hammer (1898), Malcom McLean (1913), Amadeo Giannini (1870), Tommy Mottola (1949), Franklin Clarence Mars (1883), and Edwin Drake (1819).