Ever since Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger left Disney in February 2020 and his co-worker Bob Chapek became Disney’s new CEO, Disney fans have become more and more disgruntled — so much so that a petition against Chapek’s leadership is still going strong with over 115,000 thousand digital signatures. Bob Iger recently spoke to Business Insider about what actually happened ...
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OpEd: I Don’t Think We are Actually Mad at Bob Chapek
Just in the past few months, the name “Bob Chapek” has almost become a trigger word among Disney Fanatics. No matter what camp you find yourself in, whether it is the group chanting “Go Woke Go Broke,” the masses demanding a return of Annual Passholders, or the fans frustrated with the quality found in new movies and Park experiences. I ...
Read More »Disney Heiress Challenges the Wealthy One-Percent
Abigail Disney, the granddaughter of Walt Disney Company co-founder Roy O. Disney, was born into a family with money. The Disney heiress (who is worth at least $125 million) has used her position as a wealthy one-percenter to not only work as a philanthropist, activist, and documentary filmmaker, but also to openly call out others with money (including the Walt ...
Read More »Disney ‘Deep State’ – ‘Iger Hires’ Pressured Chapek to Cave, Push Politics
“…he really has two choices: Just castrate himself or stand up to them.” On March 22, it appeared that the LGBTQ+ and allied contingents of employees and fans have a power grip on The Walt Disney Company, coercing still-new CEO Bob Chapek into backtracking a business-first, neutral stance on political issues and sparking a corporate-wide display of support on social ...
Read More »Despite Backlash, Chapek Keeps Disney Quiet on Florida Politics – Here’s Why
“Whatever Bob’s personal politics are, he’s not an activist and does not bring any partisan agenda to work. He sees himself first and foremost as the custodian of a unifying brand that for nearly a century has been bringing people together, and he is determined that Disney remain a place where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. “He believes ...
Read More »Why Disney Stockholders Can’t Vote Bob Chapek Out
As The Walt Disney Company draws ever closer to its 2022 shareholders meeting on March 9, media outlets–including this one–have pointed out that a considerable amount of steam was growing for stockholders to remove Bob Chapek from the Chief Executive Officer position. However, it is very likely the angry contingent will get their way. A reporter from the Motley Fool ...
Read More »Disney Shareholders Organize a Vote Against CEO Bob Chapek
Many Disney fans already know that the CEO who has taken up Disney leadership after CEO Bob Iger left, CEO Bob Chapek, has been getting a lot of negative feedback from Disney Guests. Now, many people have actually become Disney stockholders specifically as part of a planned vote against the reelection of CEO Bob Chapek at the Disney shareholders’ meeting ...
Read More »Bob Iger on Disney’s ‘Huge Challenge’ with the Metaverse
Everyone seems to keep talking about “the Metaverse,” and that includes Bob Iger. The Walt Disney Company’s former CEO and now former Chairman spoke with Business Insider and explained that behavior moderation is going to be one of the critical problems that will need to be solved. “I think something Disney is going to have to consider as it talks ...
Read More »“I’m Gone”: Bob Iger Rejects Rumors of His Return to Disney
Even though Disney CEO Robert Iger (known as Bob Iger) stepped down from his position as CEO in February of 2020, there are still plenty of people who hope for his return — particularly in light of Disney fans’ displeasure with his successor CEO Bob Chapek, who has received a dramatic amount of negative feedback from Disney consumers. According to ...
Read More »“Yes I hired him” – Michael Eisner Speaks on Bob Chapek
Disney CEO, Bob Chapek, is, observably, not very popular at the moment with his company’s fan base. Whether it is due to more minor issues like the progression of annual passes or the overall direction in which he seeks to venture, the very mention of the name of Bob Iger’s has been proven to draw comments. And some of those ...
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