{"id":263170,"date":"2026-02-02T00:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/263170\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T00:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:12:07","slug":"bob-iger-to-step-down-as-disney-ceo-before-contract-expires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/263170\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Iger to step down as Disney CEO before contract expires"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Iger will step down as Disney CEO for the second time in his career before his contract expires on Dec. 31, 2026.<\/p>\n

According to a recent report by the\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/a>, \u201cIger has told associates that he plans to step down as CEO and pull back from daily management before the Dec. 31 end of his contract.\u201d The news comes shortly after the\u00a0Los Angeles Times reported<\/a> that Disney would name Iger\u2019s successor next month, meaning February.<\/p>\n

Per the\u00a0WSJ report, Disney\u2019s board is expected to meet this week to vote on who should succeed Iger for the top job. It is likely the board will decide on one of two candidates: Josh D\u2019Amaro, who oversees Disney\u2019s parks business, or Dana Walden, who oversees Disney\u2019s entertainment and streaming businesses. Regardless of who the board settles on, Iger is planning to stay on as CEO for several months after the announcement in order to mentor his successor. Iger may also be given a seat on Disney\u2019s board after the new CEO transitions into the role.<\/p>\n

Of course, Iger\u2019s first resignation from the top job did not go particularly well for Disney. Bob Chapek was named CEO in February 2020 and was subsequently ousted by the board in November 2022. Iger came back to replace his initial successor and get Disney back on track after a pandemic-era slump. Now, the hope is that second time\u2019s the charm.<\/p>\n

In addition to the two front-runners, D\u2019Amaro and Walden, movie studio head Alan Bergman and ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro are also said to be candidates with outside shots. Pitaro, it should be noted, publicly thwarted rumors<\/a> about his candidacy last March, saying he was in his \u201cdream job\u201d as head of ESPN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob Iger will step down as Disney CEO for the second time in his career before his contract…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[27997,2398,156,150622,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-263170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bob-iger","9":"tag-disney","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-josh-damaro","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}