The Walt Disney Company
American multinational mass media company
is a publicly traded corporation, and ownership is distributed among institutional investors, executives, and individual shareholders. The largest institutional shareholders are The Vanguard Group (8.71%), BlackRock Inc. (5.25%), and State Street Corp. (4.41%), collectively holding a significant influence over corporate governance. Institutional investors own approximately 65.7% of Disney's shares, giving them substantial control over strategic decisions, board appointments, and executive oversight. Key individual shareholders include Bob Iger, the CEO and Executive Chairman, who holds about 226,770 shares (0.01% of the company), and other board members such as Mary Barra, Mark Parker, and Maria Elena Lagomasino, each holding small individual stakes. The company was originally founded by Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney on October 16, 1923, but no family members currently hold controlling ownership.