Friday, October 07, 2011

Re Upped

The Mouse adds two years to the head guy's contract.

The Walt Disney Co. has extended Robert Iger’s employment contract through June 2016, the entertainment conglomerate said Friday ... The contract calls for his retirement at the end of the term. ...

Congratulations, Bob.

Add On: CNBC asks, "Who comes after Mr. Iger?" and speculates:

... Disney, which nearly always promotes from within, seems to be grooming two executives: Tom Staggs, who was previously CFO and now runs the parks division, and Jay Rasulo, who previously ran the parks division and now is CFO. ...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm tired of the suits. Why not have a creative visionary in the top seat, ala Steve Jobs? Maybe Lasseter? Ed?

Anonymous said...

I would like to see JL position occupied by like Don Hahn.

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