Frank Wells

4 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 23, 2026 by David Rosenthal · said 35 times in 3 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by David Rosenthal (21), Ben Gilbert (9), Michael Ovitz (5)

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2026 30 mentions in 2 episodes 15 per episode

Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired Aug 10, 2026 · 29 mentions · from 8:50
The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired Jun 23, 2026 · 1 mention · from 4:09:09
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2021 5 mentions in 1 episode

CAA (with Michael Ovitz) · Acquired Dec 21, 2021 · 5 mentions · from 1:53:20
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Jun 23, 2026 bullish

Opinion

Eisner, Wells, and Katzenberg led media's greatest turnaround

“And those three men, Michael Eisner, Frank Wells, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, would pull off probably the greatest media company comeback in history.”

David Rosenthal Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 4:09:09 The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired

Aug 10, 2026 positive

Assertion Supported

Rosenthal: Disney operating profit increased nearly 8x between 1984 and 1994

“Operating profit at the company goes from well under three hundred million when they take over in 1984 to just under two billion a decade later. So, you know, almost, what's that, eight X operating profit in a decade.”

David Rosenthal Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 51:09 Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired

Aug 10, 2026 positive

Opinion

Rosenthal: Eisner and Wells were the greatest media management duo

“Arguably the greatest two-person management team in media company history, Michael Eisner and Frank Wells.”

David Rosenthal Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 12:20 Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired

Aug 10, 2026

Assertion Supported

Rosenthal: Roy E. Disney demanded chairmanship of animation when Eisner joined

“Roy had made them promise not to fully kill animation, and then he had made them make him, Roy, chairman of the animation division, under Katzenberg, who's running all the studios.”

David Rosenthal Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 24:35 Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired

Frank Wells

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