Tommy had not paid attention to these Hollywood past events before, nor did he care much about who between Steve Ross and Barry Diller dominated Hollywood in the recent decade, but another Jewish name that slipped out of Herbert's mouth felt like thunder to him.
Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Michael Eisner.
That is, the proud protégé of Barry Diller mentioned by Herbert, who, after falling out with his mentor, was aided by Warner's Steve Ross, who persuaded the Disney board to offer him the job as Chairman and CEO of the company.
This Jewish movie mogul had been invited by many business schools around the world to lecture, including the business school at Boston University where Tommy studied, where Tommy even bought a copy of his autobiography signed by the author himself at the lecture.
