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Who Will Replace Bob Iger? Here’s Where the Disney CEO Candidates Stand
The Disney succession planning machine has quietly kicked into hyperdrive. Here's where the internal candidates stand in the race for Bob Iger's job.
In late August, Disney announced that board member James P. Gorman would lead the planning committee tasked with orchestrating the hand- off of power between Iger and his heir. While announcing a new “Villain Land” coming to Walt Disney World, the magic mirror from Snow White name-checked him personally onstage before hyping attractions that will go inside the lairs of Ursula (“The Little Mermaid”) and Maleficent (“Sleeping Beauty”). Others note his similar lack of experience facing Wall Street, but concede that it takes creative chops to program parks content and manage Disney’s vaunted Imagineers.
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