Michael Eisner
Michael Eisner
Michael Dammann Eisneris an American businessman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth7 March 1942
CityMount Kisco, NY
CountryUnited States of America
behavior bring company continue guess hope leave microsoft whatever
I would hope that whatever they end up doing with Microsoft doesn't leave them in a way that they can't continue being that way, ... Have they done some things wrong? Has their behavior been a little aggressive? I guess it has and I guess there should be some retribution for that, but I wouldn't want to bring the whole company down on its knees.
accept desire pursue regret respect
I regret Sandy's decision, but I accept it and respect his desire to pursue new ventures,
abc addressing challenges focused highly
highly focused on addressing the challenges at the ABC network.
board discontent far operate totally
I had not one inkling from Joe, ever, of discontent with the way we operate, ... He and I operate very well together. We were totally on board as far as strategy.
added attendance continues effective largely measures overall performance quarter soft strong studio weaker year
In a soft economy, Disney's overall performance continues to be solid, ... Our studio has added yet another quarter to a year of strong growth. At our parks, effective expense-management measures have largely compensated for the weaker attendance that we had anticipated.
large
in a large scale, not a one-off scale.
disneyland kong opened pleased several sure tenure until wrapped
I made sure my tenure did not end until Hong Kong Disneyland opened and several other things were wrapped up. I'm so pleased with the way it has all come out.
media years america
21 years as CEO is a long time. I was and probably still am the longest serving CEO in America. Certainly I am in the media industry, bar none.
two lasts
My strength is coming up with two outs in the last of the ninth.
creativity financial sensible
Creativity can flourish within sensible financial limitations.
law privacy objectives
Privacy laws are our biggest impediment to us obtaining our objectives.
taken school college
I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea.
stuff fantastic company
Doing stuff that I don't have to talk about because I'm not in a public company is fantastic.
express-yourself should ifs
If you're really good, you should express yourself...a lot.