Status Updates From Walt Disney: An American Or...

Loyalty. Shocking how many times Disney was screwed. Distributors, staff, and even one of his closest confidantes, Ub Iwerks. Ol’ buddy Ub was a cartoonist that grew up right alongside Walt for years until 1929 when he decided to take a deal with Pat Powers, a distributor, behind Disneys back. Ub was bought out of Disney at $2,920 (20% equity)…that ends up being worth ~$4B, lol what a clown🤡.

Two things…1. I wish I was a fly on a wall all of the times that Walt asked people for money. Whether it was family, friends, or former business partners, they were doling it out. Dude must have had some gnarly persuasion skills. 2. I wonder if he ever paid them back?

Disney sure did live an eventful life growing up. Born in the bustling streets of Chicago, moving to a farm in Marceline, Missouri, then off to Kansas City.

He was always looking for different gigs—whether it was creating cartoons for The Voice, working for his father’s jelly factory, delivering mail, or even traveling throughout France and Germany working for the American Ambulance Corps post-WWI.