Anu Narula, head of global equities at Mirabaud Asset Management, explores the growth prospects for an iconic brand as it nears its 90th year.
The Walt Disney Company has been a standard bearer for US entertainment since the great Walt Disney himself created a series of animated cartoons called Alice Comedies in the 1920s. They resulted in the Disney brothers coming into existence, and were later followed by the first Mickey Mouse cartoon in 1928. Since then, the franchise has never looked back. Today Walt Disney is a powerhouse in the US media industry, through its networks Disney/ABC and ESPN. From 1955, the company has been running its theme parks throughout the US, now boasting 11 parks and 44 resorts. Global busin...
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