Walt Disney · every age

What was Walt Disney doing at 38?

Bankrupt at 21, then built Mickey Mouse and Disneyland

1. c. 1940

   Moved into the Burbank studio and took the company public

   Snow White's profits paid for the studio; the stock sale paid the debts.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Feb 1940

   Pinocchio released

   Praised, but it lost money at first: the war had closed Europe's cinemas.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
3. Nov 1940

   Fantasia premiered, with stereo sound

   His experiment in animating classical music. It took years to pay off.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Boy Scouts of America (1946), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source