Pixar Names Ann Mather CFO.RICHMOND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999-- Pixar Animation Studios (Nasdaq:PIXR) today announced that Ann Mather Ann Mather is member of the Board of Directors of Google Inc. She has served as a Director of CME since April 2004. Mather was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Pixar Studios from September 1999 to April 2004. has joined the company as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Mather, 39, will report to Steve Jobs Steve Jobs - Stephen Jobs , Pixar's Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Ann is a perfect match for Pixar -- she has strong financial skills and leadership talent, combined with a deep understanding of our industry," said Steve Jobs. "We are thrilled to welcome Ann to Pixar's executive management team." Ms. Mather has more than 18 years of financial operations experience, including seven years with The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company, most recently as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration of its Buena Vista International Theatrical Division. In that position, she was responsible for all strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , budgeting, forecasting and reporting for the division's European, Asian and Latin American operations. Ms. Mather has also held senior financial management positions at Paramount Pictures Corporation and Village Roadshow Pictures. She is a graduate of Cambridge University Cambridge University, at Cambridge, England, one of the oldest English-language universities in the world. Originating in the early 12th cent. (legend places its origin even earlier than that of Oxford Univ. in England, and is a Chartered Public Accountant. "I've always been a Pixar fan, and I'm delighted to be joining this very talented team," said Ms. Mather. "Pixar has an impressive track record and an efficient business model, and I look forward to helping lead the studio into its next phase of growth," she said. Pixar Animation Studios combines creative and technical artistry to create original characters and stories in the new medium of computer animation. Pixar created and produced the first computer-animated feature film, the Academy Award winning Toy Story, and in 1997 entered into a partnership with The Walt Disney Company to finance, produce and distribute five computer-animated feature films and related products. A Bug's Life was the first of these films and was the highest grossing animated feature film released in 1998. Toy Story 2 is scheduled for release this Thanksgiving, and Pixar's fourth film, Monsters, Inc., is currently targeted for a 2001 release. Pixar's stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol PIXR. |
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