Ed Catmull, a University of Utah physics and computer science graduate who wanted to be an animator, co-founded Pixar and later led Walt Disney Animation Studios; he won the 2019 ACM Turing Award.
Laurene Powell Jobs co-founded the natural foods company Terravera, then founded Emerson Collective, became lead investor and chair of The Atlantic and co-founded XQ Institute.
Michael Eisner ran Disney from 1984 to 2005, presiding over the Disney Renaissance and acquisitions including ABC and a majority of ESPN.
Brian Roberts became Comcast's president at 31 in 1990 and CEO in 2002, growing revenue from $657 million to $122 billion by 2024.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson turned WWF stardom into a film career grossing over $11.4 billion and is now co-founder of Seven Bucks Productions, co-owner of the United Football League and a TKO board member.
Steven Spielberg is the highest-grossing film director of all time and a co-founder of DreamWorks SKG and Amblin Entertainment, with a net worth of at least $5.3 billion.
George Lucas created Star Wars and Indiana Jones, founded Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic and THX, and sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012.
Bob Iger led Disney for 15 years, buying Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets, and returned as CEO in 2022 before handing over to Josh D'Amaro in 2026.
Jeffrey Katzenberg ran Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, co-founded DreamWorks SKG and its Shrek franchise, then founded WndrCo and the short-lived Quibi.
Rupert Murdoch inherited a small Adelaide newspaper in 1952 and built News Corp into a global media group spanning The Sun, The Times, The Wall Street Journal, HarperCollins and Fox News.
Jay-Z co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear, launched Roc Nation in 2008 and became hip-hop's first billionaire in 2019.
Ted Turner took over his father's billboard company in 1963 and built the Turner Broadcasting System, launching CNN in 1980 as the first 24-hour cable news channel. He gave $1 billion to create the United Nations Foundation.
