Walt Disney Company — Net Worth and Career Earnings
The Walt Disney Company generated $91 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2024, making it the largest entertainment company in the world. Its theme parks segment — Disney World, Disneyland, and international parks — generated $34 billion, the company's most profitable segment and one that competitors cannot easily replicate given the decades of capital investment and brand building required. Disney+ has 120 million subscribers, though the streaming division's path to profitability has been slower than investors initially hoped.
Disney's content library — encompassing Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, Disney Animation and the 20th Century Fox acquisition — is the most valuable intellectual property portfolio in entertainment history. The $71 billion Fox acquisition in 2019 added FX, National Geographic and the Avatar franchise. Bob Iger, who returned as CEO in November 2022 after his hand-picked successor Bob Chapek was fired, has been restructuring the company around its core IP strengths and the economics of its streaming services.