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Pixar

Founded in 1979, Pixar Animation Studios (Pixar) was spun-off in 1986 with funding from Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. Walt Disney Co bought Pixar in 2006 in a transaction valuing the company at US$7.4 billion. Pixar has produced thirteen feature films, beginning with Toy Story (1995). Pixar has produced a string of critical and commercial successes: Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Cars (2006), Ratatouille (2007), WALL-E (2008), Up (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), Cars 2 (2011), and Brave (2012).

Chairman / President

Jim Morris

CEO / Managing Director

Pete Docter

CFO / Finance Director

John Lasseter (CCO)

Industry

Computer animation
Motion pictures

Website

pixar.com

Headquarters address

1200 Park Avenue, Emeryville, CA 94608, United States

Year founded

1986

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King George and Mabel Beaver in Disney and Pixar’s Hoppers. Photo: Pixar

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A screen grab from Soul, starring Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, one of 10 animated films focusing on the afterlife. Photo: Disney/Pixar

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Space fanatic Elio (right, voiced by Yonas Kibreab) and a chirpy, shipper liquid supercomputer called OOOOO (Shirley Henderson) in a still from Elio. Photo: Disney/Pixar

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People watch Ne Zha 2 in 4D at a cinema in Beijing on February 16. Photo: Xinhua

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