After a 35-year career at Disney, Don formed his own company, Iwerks Entertainment, Inc., in 1986. The maker of giant-screen theaters and 3D-projection-based theme park attractions was acquired by SimEx, Inc. in 2001.
Don credited both Walt Disney and his father, Ub, for the success he enjoyed throughout his career. From them, he learned that keeping a keen eye on detail and quality is the key to success. “There was a ‘can-do’ attitude I learned from Walt and my father,” he once said. “If you’re doing a really first-class job, you don’t need to worry about the money. It will come. Walt gave everyone a feeling that they were creating things that others had never thought of before, of being a part of history.”