Mark L. Walker

Mark L. Walker is senior vice president, Disney Interactive Entertainment, Disney Interactive Media Group, The Walt Disney Company. Formerly the head of the Yahoo! News and Information properties, Mr. Walker will oversee all product development, marketing, programming and operations for Disney-branded websites, including Disney.com. He will be based in North Hollywood and report to James Pitaro.

As the leader of Yahoo! News, Walker transformed the online property from a leading news aggregation platform into the premier source of original reporting and premium original video programming, with industry-leading social media activation. He personalized the Yahoo! News experience for consumers through seamless front page, social and local news content integration. He also developed, launched and sold innovative video news programs, including many of the most streamed video series on the Internet.

Prior to taking the helm at Yahoo! News, Walker was the vice president of business development for Yahoo! Media, responsible for leading the business development teams in entertainment, sports and lifestyle content. 

Walker was the Co-Principal of Oceanaix Ventures LLC, an investment and consulting firm focused on traditional and digital media businesses.

He was Vice President, International Legal & Business Affairs at BMG Entertainment, Head of Business Affairs at Atomic Pop LLC/Ant 21 LLC. and Vice President, Legal Affairs at PolyGram Holding, Inc.

Mr. Walker earned his J.D. in Law (1983 – 1986), Stanford University Law School, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1982 – 1983), Stanford University, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1978 – 1982), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.