January 24, 2006
DISNEY BUYS PIXAR
In case you haven't heard -- now it's official. Jobs is Disney's largest shareholder. Any way you slice it - he's now the big cheese. Pixar President Ed Catmull has become the President of the new Pixar and Disney animation studios. Lasseter is CCO (Chief Creative Officer) of the animation studios and Principal Creative Adviser of Walt Disney Imagineering. Link to official press release from Disney and Pixar.