{"id":714,"date":"2005-06-22T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-22T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/alvys-pixar-history-page"},"modified":"2005-06-22T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-22T19:15:00","slug":"alvys-pixar-history-page-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/alvys-pixar-history-page-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvy&#039;s Pixar History Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\">Wikipedia.org<\/a>, I found <a href=\"http:\/\/alvyray.com\">Alvy Ray Smith&#8217;s<\/a>, the ex-Executive Vice President and co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixar.com\">Pixar<\/a>&#8216;s website. On it he has the History Of Pixar full of pictures of documents from the founding documents of Pixar.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I might whet your appetite before you enter his site <a href=\"http:\/\/alvyray.com\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alvyray.com\/Pixar\/images\/PixarFoundingDocuments_Spine.gif\" alt=\"Spines of Founding Documents Of Pixar\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Here we have the spines of the founding documents of Pixar. This was Alvy&#8217;s personal set of three volumes. There four other sets: Ed Catmull, current President and Co-founder of Pixar has one. Steve Jobs, <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span> and Chairman of Pixar has one. Lucasfilm has one. And the attorneys have one (Farella, Braun &#38; Martell). The next images to follow are found inside the volumes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alvyray.com\/Pixar\/images\/CheckFromSteveJobs.gif\" alt=\"Check for $5 Million\"\/><br \/>\n<font size=1>Tab 40, vol. <span class=\"caps\">III<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Signatures for Pixar: Ed Catmull, Alvy Ray Smith<\/font><\/p>\n<p>This is an image of the check for $5 million from Steve Jobs to Lucasfilm to purchase the technology. Steve subsequently capitalized Pixar with another $5 million.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alvyray.com\/Pixar\/images\/PixarFoundingEmployees.gif\" alt=\"Founding Employees\"\/><br \/>\n<font size=1>Tab 29, vol. II<\/font><\/p>\n<p>These are exactly the 40 founding employees of Pixar. Ed Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith are the Co-founders. Steve Jobs is the venture&#8217;s capitalist. The Board of Directors originally consisted of Ed, Alvy, and Steve, with Steve as Chairman of the Board.<\/p>\n<p>And that is all I have for you. To see more you have to go to the site for all the exciting documents. Well I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Via Wikipedia.org, I found Alvy Ray Smith&#8217;s, the ex-Executive Vice President and co-founder of Pixar&#8216;s website. On it he has the History Of Pixar full of pictures of documents from the founding documents of Pixar. I thought I might whet your appetite before you enter his site here. 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