Disney is one of the biggest and best-known companies in the world In 2023 it was ranked 87th on the 2023 Forbes Global 2000 and 48th of the Fortune 500 list of biggest companies in the United States by revenue.Since its founding, the company has won 135 Academy Awards, 26 of which were awarded to Walt. In August 2020, about two-thirds of the stock was owned by large financial institutions.
The company has produced films which have featured on many lists of the greatest films of all time, and is one of the key platers on the development of the theme park industry. The company has been public since 1940 and trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1991.
In August 2020, about two-thirds of the stock was owned by large financial institutions.
The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.