Which Fortune 500 company owns the Pixar animation studio?

The Walt Disney Company owns the Pixar animation studio.

Disney acquired Pixar in 2006 in an all-stock transaction valued at about $7.4 billion. The deal brought Pixar’s creative and technical teams into Disney while allowing Pixar to continue operating as a distinct animation studio. Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull and chief creative officer John Lasseter became important leaders in Disney’s animation operations after the acquisition.

Pixar began as the computer-graphics division of Lucasfilm before becoming an independent company in 1986. Its first feature film, Toy Story, was released in 1995 and became the first fully computer-animated feature film. Pixar later produced films including Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, and Inside Out.

Pixar is therefore a Disney-owned studio, not a division of Comcast’s NBCUniversal or Sony Pictures. Disney distributes and markets Pixar films as part of its broader entertainment portfolio, alongside brands such as Walt Disney Animation Studios, Marvel, and Star Wars.