News Josh D’Amaro Named Next CEO of The Walt Disney Company

[Agent H]

I will be shocked if COP is still a thing by the time D'Amaro retires.

I don’t think we have to worry about carousal of progress for at least a decade considering that they’re putting in the Walt audio-animatronic. That will very likely cost a lot of money that I doubt they’d be very eager to spend on something they have plans to replace any time soon.

 

[HauntedPirate]

We won't know Josh's 'direction' for a while. He's still not CEO. He has Iger looking over his shoulder for the rest of the year. Dana's handling content. And the Board isn't going to let Josh pull a Chapek and let him immediately reorganize the company.

Also the $60B in park investment is already at work in all those construction projects for the next 3 years.

Is it $60 billion or $17 billion over the next decade (and maybe a few years more) in Florida? I hope they can scrape enough together this year, after projecting $7 billion alone for stock buybacks.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Is it $60 billion or $17 billion over the next decade (and maybe a few years more) in Florida? I hope they can scrape enough together this year, after projecting $7 billion alone for stock buybacks.

$60B for all parks. $17B for WDW specifically.

 

[Disney Analyst]

…ohhhh…the way you right this sounds like you have a drawer full of nametags? I hope I’m wrong

What does this mean?

 

[HMF]

Everyone here knows my extreme distaste for Iger.

That being said I hope he is leaving because he feels the time is right, and it’s not some health or family issue.

I wish him the best.

Not gonna lie though I did do a fist pump when I saw the news

The time was right the first time he left. Sadly, the successor was not. Not that Josh is great, but Chapek was well in over his head.

 

[HMF]

I don’t think we have to worry about carousal of progress for at least a decade considering that they’re putting in the Walt audio-animatronic. That will very likely cost a lot of money that I doubt they’d be very eager to spend on something they have plans to replace any time soon.

Do we know how many decades D,Amaro intends to stay?

 

[CoastalElite64]

 

[AdventureHasAName]

LOL - Iger took out a hammer and smashed the money printing machines of Marvel, Lucasfilm and Animation ... and then quit again.

 

[J.E.Smith]

Phineas & Ferb co-creator Dan Povenmire makes a pun about Josh already having a land at the parks named after him...

 

[WDWhopper]

“Bob's a big risk taker. I'm a big risk taker, and that's been true my whole life with how I've approached growing as an individual to how I've approached the business world," D'Amaro said.

Risktaking without the talent to back it up is just brand destruction. Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, these were true visionaries, and business geniuses. Josh reminds me of Mitt Romney and John Kerry. Completely competent, but not inspirational or visionary. Josh’s term as CEO motto should be the same as a doctor, “First do no harm.”

 

[Lilofan]

In the David Muir interview Iger said he will work as an "adviser" until end of fiscal year. Josh mentioned he'll be calling him. Seems like Bob is not going to give up his office with the shower/bath combo.

 

[marni1971]

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

What does this mean?

Glowy employee talk

 

[GenChi]

Josh, I do not think having a separate government-owned company entirety fund and operate the UAE resort while you rake in licensing fees and only worry about your company's image taking a slight tank is much of a big risk on your part

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

LOL - Iger took out a hammer and smashed the money printing machines of Marvel, Lucasfilm and Animation ... and then quit again.

…why yes…yes he did…

And left the parks in a state where there are more problems than solutions…

Thank god he saved them, huh?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Josh, I do not think having a separate government-owned company entirety fund and operate the UAE resort while you rake in licensing fees and only worry about your company's image taking a slight tank is much of a big risk on your part

How about letting the caliphate slap your logo wherever they want?

 

[Dranth]

All that 3rd party vetting by a high price search firm and the winner was right in front of them hiding in plain sight.

It was a good move though. Bring in an outside group to check any biases you may have that you are blind to.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It was a good move though. Bring in an outside group to check any biases you may have that you are blind to.

Que?!?

 

[JohnD]

The Eisner that built DLP or the Eisner that built DCA?

No CEO is without their criticisms. But Eisner had a pretty good track record.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Imagination would he an easy score…converting abramsland to star was land would be another really easy one

There’s an easy score in every park.