Two quick edits - the first major short was nominated but did not win an Oscar (I think a later one did) - and it sounds like Jobs family has sold some shares since I last saw this info and might not have the "largest owner of shares" title any more. Anyway - Jobs was a major part of Pixar. ;)
-greg _______________ Sent from my iPhone - a more detailed response may be sent later. > On Nov 22, 2015, at 1:04 AM, Gregory Varnum <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jobs bought Pixar from George Lucas in '86 - a year after he started Next. It > was a PC maker that did a short film as a demo that won an Oscar - so they > did Toy Story (basically). Jobs financed the film personally and was Pixar's > CEO and primary owner until he sold it to Disney in 2006 - which is why the > Jobs family are today the largest single shareholders of Disney. > > My understanding is Jobs was not the creative force behind Pixar - but he was > the financial, business strategy, and one who was willing to take a risk on > Pixar making films rather than the software and hardware used to make the > films. John Lasseter gets credit for the creative stuff. Ironically, he was > fired from Disney for promoting computer animation (basically) before > starting at Pixar pre-Jobs, he's now a Disney executive thanks to computer > animation. > > -greg > > _______________ > Sent from my iPhone - a more detailed response may be sent later. > >> On Nov 22, 2015, at 12:41 AM, Andrew Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> He worked for Pixar before going back to Apple. Can't remember if it was >> before or during NeXT. >> >>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 12:39 AM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: >>> ... Steve Jobs was an executive producer of Toy Story? Huh. Imagine that. >>> LGTM as well. >>> >>> --Ed >>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 7:34 PM, Katherine Maher <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> Lgtm >>>> >>>> mobile. >>>> >>>>> On Nov 21, 2015 17:27, "Jeff Elder" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Twitter: >>>>> 20 years ago today Toy Story was released. It was 1st feature film >>>>> created using only computer-generated imagery. >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story >>>>> >>>>> Facebook: >>>>> Twenty years ago today "Toy Story" was released. It was the first feature >>>>> film created using only computer-generated imagery. One of the movie's >>>>> executive producers was Steve Jobs. >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story >>>>> >>>>> Twitter: >>>>> Ten years ago today, Angela Merkel assumed office as the first female >>>>> Chancellor of Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel >>>>> >>>>> Jeff Elder >>>>> Digital communications manager >>>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>>> 704-650-4130 >>>>> @jeffelder >>>>> @wikipedia >>>>> The Wikimedia blog >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Social-media mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ed Erhart >>> Editorial Associate >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> >> >> -- >> Andrew Sherman >> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation >> >> E: [email protected] >> WMF: ASherman (WMF) >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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