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Disney CEO Succession Process To Officially Include Outside Candidates


Disney's process to identify CEO Bob Iger's successor will officially include external candidates as well as four current executives.

Pitaro, theme parks and experiences chief Josh D’Amaro and entertainment co-heads Dana Walden and Alan Bergman are the internal candidates known to be in the running. This time, the succession effort is being overseen by former Morgan Stanley chief James Gorman, who famously executed his own smooth handoff when he exited the bank’s top job in 2023. Iger contacted Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos to get his thoughts about the structure and was told that it works well at the streaming giant because of its culture of transparency and candor, the Journal reported.

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