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Robert Iger

January 2024

  • A man in a black suit stands in front of a white wall

    Mutiny at Disney? Bob Iger’s fight to right the ship faces showdown with shareholders

    Summoned out of retirement to right the company, Iger faces shareholders who want to shake up the board

November 2022

  • FILE PHOTO: Robert Iger attends the premiere of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" in Los Angeles<br>FILE PHOTO: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, Robert Iger, attends the premiere of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" in Los Angeles, California, U.S. December 16, 2019. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo

    ‘There is a lot to do’: Bob Iger outlines vision for Disney as he returns as CEO

    Priorities will be creativity and profitability, a shift from a costly streaming services growth strategy pursued by predecessor

March 2019

  • Peter Bradshaw

    'A monopolistic blob': what the Disney/Fox merger means for cinema

    Peter Bradshaw
    This cartoon-like demonstration of alpha-capitalism will lead to stricter, safer and blander entertainment – and with each acquisition, the stakes get higher

October 2017

  • An eye on the White House? Disney’s CEO Robert Iger

    Pass notes
    Mickey Mouse candidate: could Disney CEO Bob Iger be the next US president?

    Trump may have opened the floodgates for high-profile billionaires who fancy a stint in the White House – whether they have political experience or not

March 2017

  • Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa embraces Harrison Ford’s Han Solo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

    Star Wars spin-off will reveal how Han Solo got his name

  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi … Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker.

    Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Luke's first words revealed to Disney shareholders

May 2016

  • Bernie Sanders speaks in California.

    Bernie Sanders tells Disney: 'Bring Mickey Mouse home'

    Speaking in Disneyland’s home town, the Democratic presidential hopeful attacked the company’s low wages and outsourcing of work to China

January 2016

  • The neverending story ... Star Wars is reportedly set to run and run.

    Disney boss says Star Wars saga will continue beyond new trilogy

    Plus: Han Solo was once set to return as a 10-year-old boy whose adoptive dad was Chewbacca in 2005 prequel Revenge of the Sith

November 2006

  • New model Disney roars ahead

    Beset by problems only last year, Disney empire has been turned around by Robert Iger. By Andrew Clark in New York.

January 2006

  • Disney moves closer to buying Pixar

    The Walt Disney Co has authorised CEO Robert Iger to make an offer for longtime collaborator Pixar Animation Studios, a deal valued at close to $7bn.

September 2005

  • Iger plans to animate Disney

    The Robert Iger era is beginning at Disney. The incoming chief executive will inherit a mixed bag on Saturday when he becomes only the sixth person to lead the Walt Disney Co, replacing longtime CEO Michael Eisner.

14 March 2005

  • Row as Disney names new boss

    Rebel Disney shareholders today objected to the board's choice of the company president Robert Iger to succeed Michael Eisner as chief executive.

  • News blog
    The Iger sanction

    In the world of business, as in politics, leaders can overstay their welcome, as Michael Eisner found to his cost. Today, Disney announced that Eisner will be stepping down as chief executive in September 2006, one year earlier than planned, after 20 years as monarch of the Magic Kingdom. Robert Iger, his favoured successor, will take over as chief executive.

  • Disney president tipped to succeed Eisner

    Walt Disney is expected to name its president, Robert Iger, as the successor to Michael Eisner, the entertainment group's long-serving chief executive, the New York Times' online edition reported yesterday.

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