Katzenberg: Bringing Steve Jobs and Pixar to Disney was transformative
Jeffrey Katzenberg · Jeffrey Katzenberg & Sujay Jaswa: Takeaways from Dreamworks; What happened with Quibi? | 20VC #952 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Nov 26, 2022 · at 2:36
Jeffrey Katzenberg, former Chairman of Walt Disney Studios and co-founder of DreamWorks and WndrCo, discusses how technology enabled storytelling during his career in media.
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“For me, probably the most transformative moment is when you know, I reached out to Steve Jobs and John Lasseter and brought them into the Walt Disney Company and made a home for Pixar.”
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