This seems again short sighted. Peltz triples down on his non desire to remove Iger and says stable CEO’s are positive for the company. The only executive he questions the future of is Kevin Feige.
Peltz’s approach to his own succession:
But Peltz says he’s not ready to name his successor — “I’m not going anywhere, girl. I’ve got no plans to move. I love what I do and a succession plan will evolve when I leave but I’m going to leave with a fight . . . with whatever is pulling me away.”
Do as I say and not as I do?
The three core tenants we felt Peltz could help from our perspective is succession planning, and yet he has no skill set in it and seemingly wants Iger to continue to stay.
The second is content planning. Yet he has no personal insight into it. His creative he has aligned with is maligned (Perlmutter) and has now clarified the approach has not in fact had a change of heart. It’s also clear the goal is to push Kevin Feige (the most successful producer of all time). I’m not on board with it, but I’d respect posters more if they said they agreed with Perlmutter view on content rather than suggesting a change of heart it is clear is not the case. I doubt Peltz independently reached the same modern conclusion on Black Panther days ago. Perlmutter has doubled down, Feige out, cut diversity. If that’s what posters are after, own that.
The third is regarding investment. Even other Brian above has acknowledged they plan to further delay and defer investments to evaluate them. Even the most optimistic read is not suggestive that his strategy is to increase / encourage investment increases beyond 60billion. I think most of us read it as a mandate to reduce spend beyond the proposal. I think no one read it as Peltz increasing to 70-80. And again his advisor on the decision making of how to invest it is Rasulo. Who understands monetizing parks in a way that I think there is near agreement on this forum is not lavish rides or the type of investment posters hope for.
I truly, truly think we’re at a tipping point that if a few of you had the offer, you’d accept a return to Bob Chapek to displace Iger. Because really that’s nearly the offer on the table. It’s all just obsessive and contingent on undertaking one man, who ironically is actually on your side this time.