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The term Disney is internationally known and is associated with children's fantasy and show business. It is a leading company in the media sector of communication which was founded in 1923 in Hollywood, when the movie theater it was not yet audible and animated films were a real rarity. The name of this multinational is due to its founder, Walt Disney.

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There are several biographies on Walt Disney. In most he appears as a pioneer of animation and as a visionary of the entertainment. His characters Snow White, Peter Pan, Bambi, Mickey Mouse or Dumbo were taken to the movies and became icons for the kids of the entire world.

From the point of view business Walt Disney was the classic self-made man who started out as a modest cartoonist and within a few years founded the company that bears his name and launched one of the most recognized animation theme parks, Disneyland. In the history of cinema he has a special role, since he introduced technicolor, invented the multiplane camera and most of his animated films were a box office success.

Despite the image of him associated with success, in some biographies his dark side stands out

In fact, it has been said of him that he worked in the FBI service to deactivate the movement union in the world of cinema. In his private life he suffered from alcohol excesses, obsessive manias and an aversion visceral against the communists.

According to some research, he hid his true identityWell, in reality he had not been born in Illinois but in an Andalusian town in Spain. There are all kinds of urban legends about him, but the most singular He says that his corpse is cryonized and will be brought back to life when science is able to resurrect the dead.

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The Disney world is currently a multinational with a very extensive range of products: theme parks, television channels, video games, film studios or production companies. In 2017 the company acquired a large part of the 21 st. Century Fox worth more than $ 52 billion.

Disneyland Park in California is one of the most visited places in the world, exceeding 15 million tourists each year. Some of the films produced by this company have been commercial successes, notably "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1937, "Beauty and the Beast" in 1991 and "Frozen" in 2013.

Some international brands are integrated into Walt Disney Studio Entertainment, such as PIxar, Marvel, Blue Sky Studios, ESPN, or Fox.

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