Which company was founded by Walt Disney in 1923?

The company founded by Walt Disney in 1923 was The Walt Disney Company.

Walt Disney and his brother Roy O. Disney established the business on October 16, 1923, as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Los Angeles. The new studio was created to produce the Alice Comedies, a series combining live action with animation under a distribution arrangement with Margaret J. Winkler.

The company was not originally the vast entertainment conglomerate known today. It developed from an animation studio, changing names to Walt Disney Studio and later Walt Disney Productions before adopting The Walt Disney Company in 1986. Walt’s creative leadership and Roy’s financial and operational management were both central to its growth.

Another frequent confusion concerns Mickey Mouse. Mickey helped make Disney internationally famous after appearing in 1928’s Steamboat Willie, but the character was created several years after the company was founded. The company also did not begin with theme parks, television networks, or feature films; those businesses came later as Disney expanded from short animation into a broad media and entertainment enterprise.