brb1006
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Bob Iger returning to Disney as CEO?
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annabanana
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Executive No. 2: Bob Iger returns to Disney as CEO
It hasn’t even been two years since Bob Chapek took over as Disney’s CEO. But one executive told CNBC there are already internal wagers at Disney about Iger returning.
Iger, 70, repeatedly extended his contract after planning to retire in 2015, 2016 and 2018 before abruptly stepping down in 2020. He’s still Disney’s executive chairman until the end of the year.
It’s unclear if Iger wants to return. He’s already working on a second book, according to The Hollywood Reporter, after publishing one in 2019.
But Disney shares have stumbled this year, down nearly 20% year to date. Iger owns a lot of those shares. The board and Iger may get restless if Disney+ growth stagnates and the company continues to have turf tensions between executives.
10 media execs, under the cloak of anonymity, predict 2022's industry-shaking events
Media executives anonymously predicted 2022's industry-shifting events, including Bob Iger coming back as Disney CEO and Shari Redstone selling ViacomCBS.www.cnbc.com
annabanana
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We, as most people, cannot afford Chapek! I wonder why Walt's grandkids never got into taking over. Walt would love that to no end!
I wish there was A Disney still somewhere in the leadership, maybe they would at least have some pride at what their Grandfather or Great Uncle created and care about seeing it continue to be the Most Magical Place on Earth, rather than a Cash Machine to please Wall Street.
pdude81
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Your premise is that Chapek could or would have changed the direction of things he was in charge of implementing by the CEO/chairman and the rest of the board that appointed him? His first official acts as a CEO with training wheels should be to pop a wheelie and drive into oncoming traffic?
Also, they needed to upgrade infrastructure anyway and Genie was already in the pipeline, so I think that counts as going through with it.
Anecdotal, definitely.
Well, lookee there...
The truth comes out - Bob 2.0 gave D23 attendees the middle finger so he could rub elbows with Bob 1.0 and his friends. "Scheduling conflict", indeed.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
They acknowledged that at the time. Destination D isn't the D23 Expo and there's absolutely no reason that the CEO needed to be there.
D'oh! Wrong event.
Maybe they should cut down on a few of those, I can't keep them all straight. 
It's interesting that Bob *was* scheduled to be there initially. I wonder what could have changed his mind?
dovetail65
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The success of getting Pandora in a Disney park is what I am talking about and I am sure you know that. Iger and Cameron had a good relationship, this is right from Cameron mouth. Without Iger it very well may never have happened, probably wouldn't of, This is not conjecture it's actually fact.
If Pandora didn't come to Disney then there would nothing at all to be successful or not.
I am still wondering why people are looking for a way to hate on the guy. All these great things happened at Disney under his watch so get over it, many times under his insistence with his rear end on the line. He brought these things to Disney and then after they got here they worked.
If Pandora was a flop he would be blamed, no? If the 4 billion spent on Pixar then turned out movies that were flops he would of been crucified, no?
So not so sure why you would say something like "little too lost in the sauce" to me? Did I say he hand built Pandora or had anything to do with it's design?, I was pretty clear on what I was syaing. Pandora is in in a Disney heme park in a huge way if not solely because of Iger.
It get's to where posting here is tiresome. Probably why some big posters stopped posting after a while. I state facts, indisputable facts about 4 or 5 things things Iger did during his tenure and basically get made fun of, whatever.
James Alucobond
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yensidtlaw1969
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It's simple - he did more harm than good during his tenure
Even if he did some things that were popular, he spun the company in a direction that's moving away from all the things upon which it built its reputation. It's legitimate for people to take issue with that.
It's all well and good to try to remodel a beautiful house into a veritable palace and fill it with the shiniest toys money can buy - but if you crack the foundation in the process then there's a problem.
Tom P.
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Well, if I were made absolute ruler of the Disney Board of Directors, what I would like to see is a brand new CEO paired with a brand new president. Two different individuals. One of whom is an experienced and respected business leader and one of whom is an experienced and respected creative talent. And neither of whom has ever worked for The Walt Disney Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries in any capacity what-so-ever. My goal would be to attempt to have some semblence of the Walt/Roy or Eisner/Wells dynamic return to the company. Alas, I doubt it would ever happen.
JoeCamel
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He took the heart out of DisneyIt's simple - he did more harm than good during his tenure
Even if he did some things that were popular, he spun the company in a direction that's moving away from all the things upon which it built its reputation. It's legitimate for people to take issue with that.
It's all well and good to try to remodel a beautiful house into a veritable palace and fill it with the shiniest toys money can buy - but if you crack the foundation in the process then there's a problem.
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
Anyone whose reading the business press and doesn’t think Chapek is in trouble is in La La land. The investment community doesn’t trust him. They don’t think he has vision. They don’t think he understands the creative side of the business. They don’t think he’s the kind of personable that a CEO needs to be. And they think he’s in over his head.
Bob Iger isn’t coming back and I don’t know why so many people are using this thread as an 11th or 12th thread to rehash his career. But that has zero to do with Bob Chapek being in trouble.
A friend who is very close to Disney parks management said something to the effect of “the best thing Chapek has going for him is that there’s no obvious replacement for him”.
But that could change fast. And will if an activist investor gets involved.
JoeCamel
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He only has a year left on his contract right? I think Linked In has a website for that?
James Alucobond
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Excuse you, sir. He only belongs on TheLadders, not LinkedIn.
pdude81
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We've seen these weird, sniping articles before. And he made it through even before hiring a fixer. I expect once the financials come in after these attendance increases and the implementation of Genie that only superfans will be calling for his head. People can even hate the product, but as long as they pay for it that won't matter.
Ayla
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Or...Bob 1.0 scheduled it for that night knowing Chapek was already booked out of state.
Sir_Cliff
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Probably wise on Bob 2.0´s part not to leave Iger to gather colleagues for informal conversations and rousing final speeches about the direction of the Walt Disney Company without at least being there to keep an eye on him.