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201. Walt Disney

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Financials: Latest Results

Rank: 201 (Previous rank: 207)
CEO: Robert A. Iger
Employees: 150,000
Address: 500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, California 91521
Country: U.S.
Website: www.disney.com

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	37,843.0	5.5
Profits	4,427.0	-5.5
Assets	62,497.0	—
Stockholders' equity	32,323.0	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	11.7
Assets	7.1

Industry: Entertainment

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Time Warner	159	46,984.0
2	Walt Disney	201	37,843.0
3	News Corp.	250	32,996.0


4	Bertelsmann	347	25,646.7
5	Maruhan	452	20,464.6

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From the July 20, 2009 issue

Figures are for fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2008.

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U.S.	140
Japan	68
France	40

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