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Robert Alan Iger (/ ˈ aɪ ɡ ər /; born February 10, 1951) [3] is an American media executive who is chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company. [4] He previously was the president of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) between 1994 and 1995 and president and chief operating officer (COO) of Capital Cities/ABC, from 1995 until its acquisition by Disney in 1996.
Eisner was born to an affluent, secular Jewish family [8] [9] [10] in Mount Kisco, New York.His mother, Margaret (née Dammann), whose family founded the American Safety Razor Company, was the president of the Irvington Institute, a hospital that treated children with rheumatic fever. [8]
Mitchell played an important role in the selection of Robert A. Iger as Eisner's successor as CEO in 2005. [29] On June 28, 2006, Disney announced that its board had elected one of its members, John Pepper Jr., former CEO of Procter & Gamble, to replace Mitchell as chairman effective January 1, 2007. [30]
Disney’s voluble boss, Michael Eisner, even confided to board members that he was dubious about Iger’s future. Worried […] Bob Iger was in a snit, and didn’t disguise it. It was the winter ...
KAPOLEI, HAWAII - NOVEMBER 21: Bob Iger poses for a photo as he attends the world premiere of 'Moana 2' at Lanikuhonua Cultural Institute on November 21, 2024 in Kapolei, Hawaii.
David Eisner is an American business and political official. As of 2013, he is serving as president and CEO of Repair the World, a non-profit organization that fosters and mobilizes Jewish-American volunteerism efforts. [ 3 ]
With Walt Disney’s months-long proxy war with activist investor Nelson Peltz in the rear-view mirror, attention is refocused on finding CEO Bob Iger’s successor. Disney board members sought to ...
Pressed by the board to name a successor, Mr. Eisner cited the entertainment executive Barry Diller, but then wrote a confidential letter to the board saying that “the fact he is a homosexual should have no weight,” which, at the time, all but guaranteed Mr. Diller would never succeed him. —