Bob Iger is Disney’s Mr Fixit. From the visionary purchases of Marvel and Star Wars to the takeover of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox that helped arm Disney for a global streaming showdown with Netflix, Iger has proved to be the executive with the Midas touch.
In a plotline that would not be out of place in one of its Hollywood films, the 71-year-old Iger, who only officially retired as executive chairman at the end of last year, has stunningly been recalled to steady the ship at the world’s biggest entertainment company one last time.
