“It has been a very trying year. The most difficult we’ve had in recent memory, if ever,” said Bob Iger, first up Tuesday at the company’s virtual annual shareholders meeting.
Sounding moved, he noted that it would be his last as he prepares to exit after 16 years as CEO and, more recently, executive chairman, and well over 40 years at the company.Iger was named chief executive in 2005, replacing Michael Eisner.
Last February, in a surprise announcement days before the pandemic took hold, Disney passed the CEO baton to another longtime executive, Bob Chapek.
Iger assumed the title of executive chairman and the role of overseer of the company’s content assets through the end of 2021 when his contract ends.Chapek, speaking later at the event,
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