Most family members have tried to keep a low profile over the years: quietly working on philanthropic pursuits such as the the Disney Family Museum in San Francisco and Abigail Disney’s Daphne Foundation, which has doled out more than $600,000 to minority empowerment and anti-violence groups in New York City, according to its latest federal tax filing. “Some of the family members have worked regular jobs at the company, but thanks to their stock portfolios they do what they want,” Korkis said. In any case, three generations of Disney fortunes - from family trusts, foundations and stock holdings - are still tied to the brand, headquartered in Burbank, Calif.ĭeSantis says Disney ‘crossed the line’ with criticism of Fla. He added that the Disney family no longer has any control over the publicly traded company - worth more than $67 billion and employing more than 220,000 people, according to its 2021 annual report - and that it’s unclear how much they own in shares. “She is a fiery advocate, and the wildcard of the family,” said Korkis. The extended family is now said to be “not unified.” Getty Images Walt Disney’s brood reportedly did not have much to do with the children of his brother Roy. In the past, the documentary filmmaker has slammed her family’s company for poor treatment of its amusement park workers and even labeled her great-uncle Walt Disney a misogynist, a racist and an anti-Semite. She has publicly railed against Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill - which was signed into law March 28 and prohibits teachers from discussing sexual orientation with students between kindergarten and third grade. She is one of the granddaughters of the company’s co-founder Roy O. The most outspoken is Abigail Disney, 62. “The family is not unified whatsoever,” said Korkis. “They have always been extremely private.”īut recently, some of the more progressive members of the clan - which is not close-knit - are rocking the boat. “In general, the whole family is very conservative and they keep to themselves,” author and Disney family historian Jim Korkis told The Post.
Ron DeSantis began his attacks against the Walt Disney Company last month - over its opposition to his so-called “Don’t Say Gay” legislation - the Disney family did what it has done for decades: Mostly stayed silent.
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