Pixar and Disney (1986)

Pixar (/ˈpɪksɑːr/), also referred to as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California that is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011) was one of the three founding fathers of Pixar...

Steve Jobs did not found Pixar. He bought it from Lucasfilm in 1986. By then, it had existed for seven years as a computer graphics group within the Lucas organization. Jobs did...

Today I did some research into the history of Pixar, from a technology production company to an animation studio. The following video gives a great summary of Pixar's history:

Jobs left Apple in 1985, and the year following, bought a small animation studio from Lucasfilm for $5 million. In 1995, folowing the release of Toy Story, he finally saw the fruits of Pixar's labors. For the next decade and a half, the studio produced blockbuster after blockbuster, changing the landscape of the entertainment business. In 2006, Jobs sold Pixar to Disney for $7.4 billion; to date, the studio has taken home 10 Oscars and been nominated for 30 more. Steve Jobs' Most Important Products - pg.4

And became really, really rich in the process.

Until the Apple founder came along and rescued LucasFilms' fledgling computer graphics division, animation in Hollywood was a dying art. Now, people expect great computer-animated films.

At the time it didn't seem like a major investment, but Jobs showed his business foresight by buying up George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic computer animation division for $10 million in 1986. The company, initially called The Graphics Group, was later named Pixar and became a multibillion dollar company years later. The first film produced by the partnership was "Toy Story" in 1995 with Jobs credited as executive producer. In 2006, Disney agreed to purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion.

Steve Jobs' history with the now-acclaimed animation studio Pixar began in 1986 when the former Apple CEO purchased The Graphics Group, which was...

25 Years Ago Today, Steve Jobs Bought Pixar On February 3rd, 1986 Steve Jobs acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. Jobs, who was forced to resign from Apple, renamed the group