Tragic Loss: Bob Iger tragically lost his life in a car accident this morning while traveling back from the …..
Tragic Loss: Bob Iger tragically lost his life in a car accident this morning while traveling back from the …..
He added that his predecessor, long-time Disney CEO Bob Iger, is “not going to leave. He’ll be here until he dies,” according to a new exposé of Chapek’s two-year reign over the media giant published Sunday in the New York Times.
Chapek’s statement was prescient: Just two years later, Iger retuned to the company in 2022, taking his job back as CEO.
The New York Times’s deep-dive into the tumultuous relationship between the two business leaders comes as Disney is gearing up to find Iger’s next successor.
Iger, who has been with the media giant for four decades, served as its CEO from 2005 to 2020. He later became executive chairman before retiring from the company completely in 2021.
