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Today's Bob Iger's last day leading Disney. Here's what comes next at the company worth $176 billion

Josh D’Amaro, who’s been with Disney for 28 years, takes over today, ending Iger’s nearly two decades tenure leading the company.

Fortune

Disney Gets a New Executive Team As 'Iger Era' Ends: Does That Make DIS Stock a Buy?

Disney CEO Bob Chapek would hand over the baton to Josh D’Amaro. So how should investors play DIS stock now?

Barchart

Why Is Disney CEO Bob Iger Leaving? The Insider Reasons Behind His Surprising Exit

Disney CEO Bob Iger to step down early, focusing on personal interests. The board to decide his successor soon, impacting Disney's future strategy. Key contenders include Josh D'Amaro and Dana Walden.

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Former Disney CEO says hardest part of his career was working with ‘pig’ Harvey Weinstein

Michael Eisner served as Disney’s CEO from 1984 to 2005, during which time the company acquired Miramax Films, the production studio founded by Weinstein and his brother

The Independent UK

Disney's New CEO Reveals 'The Reason The Company Is So Special,' And It Gives Me Hope For The Future

Disney is important to many fans, and the incoming CEO understands why.

Cinemablend

Disney’s new D’Amaro-land: a dream team succession saga comes to life

Bob Iger was a returning general to Disney in 2022, but he built a roster of top lieutenants helping with his succession plan.

Fortune

Bob Iger left Disney’s CEO post just before COVID exploded. Will his second exit be followed by a plot twist?

A veteran succession saga, a handpicked protégé, and a vague new “senior advisor” title are stoking fresh questions about how clean Disney’s latest handoff will really be.

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Who is Josh D’Amaro, the man replacing Bob Iger at Disney?

The 54-year-old is no stranger to the company having served in many different roles over three decades, most recently as Chairman of Disney Experiences

The Independent UK

Disney names parks and cruises boss Josh D’Amaro as next CEO

D’Amaro will take over next month from Bob Iger, who returned to lead the media company after a bungled succession

The Guardian - US

Disney parks chief Amaro named to succeed Bob Iger as CEO

Disney is naming parks chief Josh D’Amaro as its next CEO, succeeding Bob Iger

The Independent UK

Disney's Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call Live Blog: I'm Reacting To Bob Iger Talking Zootopia 2's Success, The Future Of Disney Parks, And More

Will we get any hints on the hunt for Disney's next CEO?

Cinemablend

The Stars Of Jungle Cruise Finally Share An Update On Whether Their Sequel Is Happening

Should fans take Jungle Cruise 2 for granite?

Cinemablend

Disney Succession Showdown: Josh D'Amaro Emerges As Favourite To Replace Bob Iger

Disney CEO succession heats up as Josh D'Amaro emerges as frontrunner to replace Bob Iger, with Dana Walden seen as his main rival in one of corporate America's most closely watched leadership transitions.

International Business Times UK

Disney's CEO Hunt May Be Down To Two Candidates, But I'm Surprised Who The Alleged Frontrunner Is

The race for Bob Iger's job may be down to two candidates.

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Fortune

Disney’s future is now in the hands of the Morgan Stanley CEO who brought the bank out of the Great Recession

James Gorman's history of strategic leadership is now being leveraged to select the next CEO of Disney.

International Business Times

Disney To Name Bob Iger's Replacement In Early 2026

Iger, 73, retired in 2020 after 15 years as CEO but returned to replace his handpicked successor, Bob Chapek, two years later.

The Guardian - US

Disney says it will name CEO Bob Iger’s second successor in 2026

Company taps former Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman as its new board chair, who will lead the search

Fortune

Steve Jobs told Bob Iger not to stay too long at Disney so that he would still have time to enjoy life

Apple’s mastermind gave Disney’s top exec salient career advice.

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The Guardian - US

‘How Disney adults recharge their magic’: inside Disney’s epic – and expensive – superfan event

Tens of thousands descend for the D23 conference – will familiar faces and bigger parks maintain their loyalty?

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Gina Carano Lawsuit Includes Pedro Pascal, Bear Grylls In Testimony

Gina Carano's lawsuit against Disney over alleged political discrimination and labor law violations involving potential witnesses like Pedro Pascal and Bea...

The Independent UK

Ex-Marvel boss sells entire stake in Disney after losing board fight

Perlmutter was laid off in 2023 despite remaining Marvel CEO during Disney takeover

Fortune

A Disney creative director is suing the company for forcing him to sell his childhood home and move to Florida—then move back into a smaller house

The allegations against Disney include intentional misrepresentation, concealment, negligent misrepresentation and solicitation of employee by misrepresentation.

The Independent UK

Nelson Peltz sells Disney stake weeks after Brooklyn Beckham’s billionaire father-in-law lost takeover battle

Peltz criticised the board for their failure to vet former CEO Bob Chapek

The Independent UK

Inside the real-life ‘Succession’ story playing out at Disney to replace CEO Bob Iger

Bob Iger has made finding a suitable successor his chief priority

The Conversation

Risky business: Why executives keep finding themselves in political firestorms

Back in March 2022, Disney’s then-CEO Bob Chapek said that his company wouldn’t take a public stand on Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Four days later, he yielded to rebukes from LGBTQ employees, reversed his decision and criticized the bill publicly.

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