The Disney Company was started in 1923 by Walt Disney and Roy Disney. With small animations and small studios. Now its one of the biggest studios in Hollywood, Including 11 theme parks, and 2 waterparks...and also many Television networks. The person who thought of mickey mouses name was not Walt Disney, it was his wife. When Walt had finished a drawing of mickey. He showed his wife and called him "Mortimer Mouse" but his wife didn't like the name, so she thought of Mickey Mouse.