Mr. Eisner, 63, is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Walt Disney Company, a post he held from 1984 to September 2005. He served as Chairman of the Board from 1984 to March 2004. Prior to joining the Walt Disney Company, Mr. Eisner was President and Chief Operating Officer of Paramount Pictures Corp., which was then a wholly owned subsidiary of Gulf+Western Industries, Inc. Prior to joining Paramount in 1976, Mr. Eisner was Senior Vice President, Prime Time Programming, for ABC Entertainment, a division of the American Broadcasting Company, Inc.