https://brandtree.org/company/disneyAcquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Disney.https://brandtree.org/deal/disney-acquires-fox-2019https://brandtree.org/deal/disney-acquires-fox-2019Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTDisney acquired most of Twenty-First Century Fox for about $71.3 billion in cash and stock, after outbidding Comcast. The film and television studios, National Geographic and the Star and Hulu stakes transferred; the Fox news, sports and broadcast assets were spun into the separate Fox Corporation.https://brandtree.org/deal/disney-acquires-lucasfilm-2012https://brandtree.org/deal/disney-acquires-lucasfilm-2012Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMTDisney acquired Lucasfilm from George Lucas for about $4.05 billion in cash and stock, taking ownership of Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Lucas has said he directed much of the proceeds to educational philanthropy.https://brandtree.org/deal/disney-acquires-marvel-2009https://brandtree.org/deal/disney-acquires-marvel-2009Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMTDisney acquired Marvel Entertainment for about $4 billion. Marvel had emerged from bankruptcy a decade earlier having licensed away film rights to several of its best-known characters, which is why Spider-Man remains entangled with Sony.https://brandtree.org/deal/disney-acquires-pixar-2006https://brandtree.org/deal/disney-acquires-pixar-2006Fri, 05 May 2006 00:00:00 GMTDisney acquired Pixar for about $7.4 billion in stock, making Steve Jobs its largest individual shareholder. Pixar's leadership was then put in charge of Disney's own animation studio, which had been in decline for a decade.