DisneyWar

Stewart’s account of Michael Eisner’s twenty years running Disney, from the Katzenberg and Ovitz departures through the Pixar rupture and the shareholder revolt that removed him.

Why it’s on the list: Named in the replies to @WillManidis asking for the single best book that explains an entire industry — a crowd-sourced list Kyle recovered by hand and saved. The standard text on how the entertainment business actually makes decisions.

Where I saw it: In the replies to @WillManidis asking “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” (June 2, 2025). Kyle recovered the reply list by hand and saved it to his “Books To Read” Apple Note; the full transcribed list lives on what is the single best book… (tweet).

Connections

• what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
• Disney — the company the book is about.
• Company Building — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.