Next CEO

[The Grand Inquisitor]

With the results of Disney+, I would bet that Kevin Mayer's stock has risen quite a bit. Wouldn't be surprised to see him named as Iger's successor sometime this year, given the importance of streaming. Followed after that with Chapel's departure. In the space of a single quarter, streaming has gone from a $1b/yr business to a $12b/yr business.

Replace Chapek with Josh D'Amaro

 

[Mouse Trap]

Hopefully he's in good health and there isn't something dark to this.

 

[brb1006]

Sadly it's Bob Chapek (for real)

 

[mikejs78]

Sadly it's Bob Chapek (for real)

 

[NobodyElse]

Disney names Bob Chapek new CEO; Bob Iger to stay on as executive chairman

Disney names Bob Chapek new CEO; Bob Iger to stay on as executive chairman

Iger said it was an "optimal time" for him to step down following Disney's acquisition of Fox's entertainment assets and the launch of Disney Plus.

abc7.com

 

[It Is What It Is]

Do we know who is taking Chapek's job overseeing Parks?

 

[IanDLBZF]

Do we know who is taking Chapek's job overseeing Parks?

Not as of right now.

 

[IanDLBZF]

Investor Conference Call - The Walt Disney Company

Listen to the webcast replay: https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2020/02/leadership-conference-call-02252020.mp3 DOWNLOADS: Press Release Audio Forward-Looking Statements: Management believes certain statements in this call may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the...

thewaltdisneycompany.com

The audio from the conference call from earlier.

 

[KevinPage]

Can this possibly be not as awful as we thought?

Now that he has to look at the bigger picture and not focus on parks and merch, he has to deal with movies, streaming, etc. he is less apt to get nit picky with specific cuts.

This would allow people like Josh to get creative and “pitch” projects and hopefully push them through.

Yeah, yeah I know, I’m trying here. But it’s “feasible”. Frankly I’m okay with Chapek messing up other parts of the company so the board removes him. Let the parks breath and hopefully flourish without him there.