The long era of Ike Perlmutter- the very controversial figure, but an undeniably key figure to Marvel Comics surviving its bankruptcy- with Marvel/Disney is at an end
Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter Out At Disney
[Hollywood Reporter]
["Known for being reclusive and frugal, Perlmutter acquired Marvel in 1998 via a toy company he controlled. A little more than a decade later, he helped orchestrate the sale to Disney, which was led by Iger, for $4 billion. Disney agreed to continue employing him as chairman of Marvel."]
Disney Axes Marvel Entertainment Billionaire Ike Perlmutter
[Vanity Fair]
["Vanquishing Perlmutter represents a strong power play by Disney CEO Bob Iger, who returned to lead the company in November."]
Disney Lays Off Ike Perlmutter, Chairman Of Marvel Entertainment [NY Times]
Ike Perlmutter Finally Fired From Marvel And Disney [Bleeding Cool]
Ike Perlmutter Is Out At Marvel... But Marvel Comics Is Now "Redundant" [The Beat]
Who Is Ike Perlmutter? Marvel Executive History And Controversies Explained [Screen Rant]
Bye Ike Perlmutter Good Riddance [The Mary Sue]
Ike Perlmutter Holds The Reins Of Superheroes At Marvel [LA Times 8/02012]
How Marvel Became The Envy (And Scourge) Of Hollywood
[Hollywood Reporter 7/02014]
["Ike Perlmutter has become one of the town's most feared (and frugal) moguls... insiders open up about the never-seen executive's ironfisted style and the underside of a superhero empire."]
Meet The Reclusive Marvel Mogul Who Loves Marco Rubio And Donald Trump [Daily Beast 2/02016]
The Best Picture Of Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter We Are Likely To Get [Bleeding Cool 1/02017]
How Marvel Went From Bankruptcy To Billions [Den Of Geek 4/02018]
What You Need To Know About Marvel Entertainment's Mysterious Chairman- And Why Disney Is Keeping Quiet [Fast Company 12/02018]
Report: Ike Perlmutter Attempted A Shadow Disney Board Coup Over The Summer... And It's Not Done Yet [The Beat]
Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter [Wikipedia]
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health [Cancer.gov]
"Tyrant".... "eccentric"... "reclusive" (few photos/interviews of him exist)... turned selling toys on the street into Marvel buying his Toy Biz and putting him on Marvel's board... maneuvered around the Perelman/Icahn battle to gain control of Marvel with Avi Arad and put the IP/characters in hock to get a $525 million line of credit for Marvel to launch its own movie studio... cheapskate who fished paper clips out of the trash and wanted to serve only potato chips at the Iron Man movie premiere (but contrast with Ron Perelman's debt and junk-bond ways)... feuded with MCU-miracleman Kevin Feige... "all black people look the same"... held back Marvel diversity, Black Panther, and female-superhero-led movies... tried to get us into the Inhumans instead of the X-Men to spite Fox owning the movie rights... Trump's biggest donor... sided with Ron DeSantis against Disney... tried to take over Disney in a coup with Nelson Peltz...
