对于迪士尼在上世纪90年代的成功,纳努拉居功至伟。当时,欧洲迪士尼乐园耗费了数十亿美元资金,年轻的纳努拉经过与沙特阿拉伯王子阿尔瓦利德•本•塔拉勒磋商,说服他帮助巴黎迪士尼乐园免于破产。实际上,纳努拉非常谨慎,他甚至反对艾斯纳收购一家电视网络。1995年,艾斯纳还是坚持己见,以190亿美元收购了美国广播公司(ABC)。此次交易为迪士尼带来了ESPN,事实证明这是一笔非常明智的投资。
Nanula went on to head Disney Stores and was on the company's fast track for 12 years before his best friend from Harvard Business School, Barry Sternlicht, wooed him away to run Starwood Hotels and Resorts. "I wanted to kill him," Eisner told me about Nanula's departure in 1998. "I was aggravated and personally hurt." Eisner gave Nanula his blessing, however, since Starwood—Sternicht's patched-together hotel empire, following a hard-fought takeover battle for ITT-Sheraton --was "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to lead a Fortune 500 company.
之后,纳努拉曾负责迪士尼商店(Disney Stores),在公司的12年间可谓平步青云,直到他在哈佛商学院(Harvard Business School)时最好的朋友巴里•斯坦里克将他挖走,前去运营喜达屋酒店及度假村集团。谈到1998年纳努拉离职一事时,艾斯纳说:“我真想杀了他。我深受刺激,从个人情感方面来说,我也受到了伤害。”不过,艾斯纳还是送上他对纳努拉的祝福,毕竟,跳槽到喜达屋是一个千载难逢的领导《财富》500强公司的机会。经过激烈的ITT喜来登(ITT-Sheraton)收购大战,斯坦里克将喜达屋整合成一个酒店帝国。
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