Shamrock Holdings

Shamrock Holdings, Inc.

Trade name	Shamrock Capital Advisors, a successor company[1]
Company type	Private corporation
Industry	Holding company
Founded	1978
Founder	Roy E. Disney
Headquarters	Burbank
Owner	Roy E. Disney family
Subsidiaries	Shamrock Holdings of California
Website	shamrock.com

Shamrock Holdings, or Shamrock, is a private equity firm founded as the Roy E. Disney family's investment firm; the Disney family remains its sole investor. Shamrock is a private corporation, and is fully owned by the estate of Roy E. Disney.

Disney was the chairman of Shamrock, and Stanley Gold was its president and CEO. Shamrock assets include hotels and radio and television stations. Shamrock often takes an aggressive strategy, launching hostile takeovers.