The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (/ˈdɪzni/),[4] is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1986. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company)