The Walt Disney Company, more commonly known as Disney, is a global media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in Burbank, California. The company was founded on October 16, 1923 by Walt Disney himself as an entertainment conglomerate in general and adopted on its current name on February 6, 1986 following a massive restructuring of its predecessor, Walt Disney Productions, and on February 1, 1996, The Walt Disney Company changed its copyright name to Disney Enterprises, Inc. since then.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, and today is one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks, such as Disney Channel, ESPN, A&E Television Networks, and Freeform; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 14 theme parks around the world. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. Mickey Mouse is the company's official mascot.
The common metonym of the company called the "House of Mouse" (also known as the "Mouse House" or simply the "Mouse"), referring to the company's mascot Mickey Mouse, along with a TV show from the early 2000s, and the titular nightclub of the same name.