Disney Entertainment has hired former Amazon Studios content synergy lead Jon Wax (pictured) to help build a global pipeline that will feed into Disney+. 

As EVP of international original television, Wax will work with regional teams around the world to generate local hits for Disney+. He has oversight of the creative side of Disney’s international content slate, while Kristen Finney (EVP of international television strategy & operations) handles business operations. Wax is based in LA and reports to Erich Schrier, president of Disney television studios and global original television strategy. 

Wax has worked in content creation for more than 20 years. He joined Amazon Studios in 2019 as head of global content synergy and oversaw the genre development division, focusing on sci-fi and fantasy series such as The Rings of Power and The Boys. Before that, he worked at YouTube Originals as head of drama series and movies and was an EVP of original programming at WGN America/Tribune Studios. 

As of Q4 2023, Disney+ had 150 million subscribers, and the goal is to make the streamer profitable by end of year.