Lawrence Levy is a former Silicon Valley lawyer and executive hired by Steve Jobs in 1994 as CFO and member of the Office of the President of Pixar Animation Studios. Lawrence was responsible for Pixar’s business strategy and IPO and guided its transformation from a money-losing graphics company into a multibillion-dollar entertainment studio. He later joined Pixar’s board of directors, where he played a key role in the company's acquisition by The Walt Disney Company. Lawrence told Pixar's story in his acclaimed book To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History.
