Disney Succession

With Disney officially naming Disney Experiences chairman Josh D'Amaro as CEO and the successor to Bob Iger and Dana Walden as President and Chief Creative Officer, one of the questions that remains is what do the moves mean for the company’s film division, given that neither D’Amaro nor Walden have…

Wall Street greeted Disney’s CEO succession news with a shrug, with analysts generally nodding in approval of Josh D’Amaro’s promotion but not bursting into applause. The media giant’s beleaguered stock, which has essentially been stuck in the mud since 2022, drifted down a fraction of a…

Disney chairman James Gorman said the board's decision to name Josh D'Amaro sole chief executive and Dana Walden President and Chief Creative Officer was a thorough process but one where consideration of co-CEOs was over rather quickly. The former Morgan Stanley chair known for overseeing a…

In March 2014, Disney/ABC TV Group President Anne Sweeney left Disney as the company was nearing a decision on who would replace Bob Iger as CEO. While she was not among the finalists for the job, at the time, Sweeney was the closest a woman had ever gotten to the CEO job at Disney. Twelve…

Disney's incoming chief executive Josh D'Amaro will start at an annual base salary of $2.5 million, payable weekly, with an annual target incentive bonus of 250% of the base salary at the end of each fiscal year. According to filings with the SEC on Tuesday, D’Amaro will receive a long-term…

Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro has been elevated to CEO of the Walt Disney Co., capping a closely watched multiyear process of identifying Bob Iger’s successor. Dana Walden, Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman, has been named President and Chief Creative Officer, a newly created…

Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke at length on the prospects of parks and entertainment as they vie for top billing at the company in terms of growth, telling investors on a call after earnings that “we have a healthy competition now in our company in terms of which of those two businesses is going to…

The soon-to-depart Bob Iger avoided getting too “nostalgic” during today’s Disney Q1 results call but he did have some words of wisdom for his probable successor, who Bloomberg reported overnight is likely to be Parks boss Josh D’Amaro. “Preserving the status quo” would be a “mistake,” Iger…

Disney’s board of directors will meet next week with the drama over longtime CEO Bob Iger’s successor reaching its final act. A person familiar with the situation confirmed the board meeting to Deadline. The board typically meets in close proximity to the company’s earnings reports. Disney will…