Pixar, Steve Jobs and the Future of Entertainment

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 4, 2016

Lawrence Levy, a Silicon Valley lawyer and executive, was hired by Steve Jobs in 1994 as CFO and member of the Office of the President of Pixar Animation Studios. He was responsible for Pixar's business strategy and IPO and guided the company’s transformation from a graphics company into a multibillion-dollar entertainment studio. He joins us to discuss his book, To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History, he offers a look inside Disney and Pixar, and gives a first-hand account of Levy’s friendship with Steve Jobs.

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