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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.

Cinemablend

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.

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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.

International Business Times

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

The Guardian - US

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.

Fortune

‘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...

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Fortune

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 Independent UK

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.

The Conversation

Disney Shareholders Rally Behind CEO Robert Iger

Disney shareholders support CEO Robert Iger over activist investors. Iger's return boosts stock performance.

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Bob Iger Claims Victory in Disney Proxy Battle

Shareholders vote down Trian, Blackwells nominees

International Business Times

Disney Investors To Vote On Winner In Succession Proxy War

Disney shareholders will deliver a verdict later Wednesday in the company's long-running struggle over leadership at one of the spring's most costly and closely-watched annual meetings.

Kiplinger

Here's What's at Stake in Disney's Proxy Battle With Nelson Peltz

The Disney annual stockholders meeting is coming up, with board seats at stake.

The Guardian - US

Disney faces showdown with critics amid calls for strategy shakeup

The studio’s shareholders will decide in an upcoming meeting whether they trust Bob Iger’s vision or billionaire Nelson Peltz

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Disney Can't Prove DeSantis Retaliated Against It, Federal Judge Rules

Disney has vowed to appeal the ruling.

The Guardian - US

Mutiny at Disney? Bob Iger’s fight to right the ship faces showdown with shareholders

Summoned out of retirement to right the company, Iger faces shareholders who want to shake up the board

Cinemablend

A History Of The Beef Between Disney And Elon Musk

Bob Iger is already in a fight with Florida, and now he's battling a billionaire in Elon Musk.

Fortune

Why more CEOs could quit their jobs in the next two years

Burnout is taking a toll on CEOs, and boards are more willing to oust underperformers.

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk says Disney boss should be ‘fired immediately’ amid X ad boycott

Billionaire launches broadside against Bob Iger after Disney became latest firm to pause advertising

Fortune

CEO in Name Only: How to tell if you're a CE-NO instead of a CEO, and what to do about it

Corporate leaders like Linda Yaccarino and Bob Chapek show the perils of undermined leadership.

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Disney Names Former PepsiCo Exec Hugh Johnson as New CFO

34-year veteran of soft-drink giant succeeds Christine McCarthy

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