This week, the Walt Disney Company and its CEO, Bob Iger, find themselves in the fight of their lives. On April 3, Disney shareholders will meet to vote on a new Board of Directors. Iger is facing off against activist investor Nelson Peltz. Peltz and his Trian Fund Management own around two percent of Disney. He is seeking two sets ...

When activist investor Nelson Peltz made his second bid for a seat on the board of the Walt Disney Company, he had a laundry list of complaints. But his complaints weren’t different from those everyone has heard since Disney CEO Bob Iger returned in late 2022. Disney has been struggling at the box office with several high-priced flops, Disney Plus ...

Experts prepared their usual predictions for the business world in 2024, and they had some interesting insights about Disney and its long-standing CEO. For years now, Bob Iger has been a name that many relate very strongly to the Walt Disney Company. He has been at the helm of one of the most influential entertainment conglomerates in the world for ...

When Disney CEO Bob Iger returned last November, it was seen as a breath of fresh air. Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek was loathed by Cast Members, stockholders, and Disney fans. Iger’s return was meant to bring the Walt Disney Company back to its former glory, and who better to accomplish that than one of the architects of its rise ...

It’s been seven months since Bob Iger returned as the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, and he still has to complete his most important job for Disney. While he has worked hard to try and put the disastrous Bob Chapek era behind the company, there is still no plan of succession for when Iger’s contract ends at the end ...

It’s been 100 days since Bob Iger took back the reigns as CEO of the Walt Disney Company. Having replaced his own successor, Bob Chapek, Iger dove right in and made some significant changes to all aspects of the Disney Company. But with only a two-year contract in place, Iger still has some critical issues to address. Iger’s first significant ...

Bob Iger ran Disney for 15 years during a beloved period of the company’s history. After Bob Chapek (Iger’s pick for CEO) was aggressively ousted on November 20, 2022, Iger is back to retake the helm. Iger has signed a 2-year contract to be CEO at The Walt Disney Company, with the understanding that he would use this time to ...

As Bob Iger gets reacquainted with his position as CEO of The Walt Disney Company, it has been revealed that the board of directors did not initially look to the former leader for a suitable replacement to the floundering Bob Chapek. According to The New York Times, the board came up with a few options both inside and outside the company. NYT reports ...

In a sudden turn of events, The Walt Disney Company has removed Peter Rice as its Head of TV Content, replacing him with Dana Walden. According to Variety, multiple sources close to the situation reported that it was an “entirely business and strategy-related” decision made by Disney CEO Bob Chapek on Tuesday, June 7, and has nothing to do with Rice’s personal ...