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Old 10-05-11, 07:59 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo View Post
He did not found Pixar, he bought the studio from Disney prior to "Finding Nemo".
Actually he bought it from LucasArt for 10 million, renamed it and later teamed up with Disney. The studio was a bit of a money pit until Toy Story came out in 1995. Disney bought Pixar in 2006 at a valuation of $7.4 billion. The transaction made Jobs the largest shareholder in Disney.
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