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The Walt Disney Company
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Variety's[1] 2006 report, NPR[5] (25 Jan 2006), HISTORY[4] and the Wikipedia[2][3] articles on Pixar and Steve Jobs all place the announcement on 24 January 2006; the deal closed on 5 May 2006.On 24 January 2006 Disney agreed to buy Pixar Animation Studios in an all-stock deal worth about US$7.4 billion, making Steve Jobs its largest individual shareholder. John Lasseter was put in charge of Disney and Pixar animation.
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