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The Walt Disney Company
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterVariety'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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