Bob Iger
Bob Iger
Robert Allen "Bob" Iger /ˈaɪɡər/is an American businessman and the chairman and chief executive officerof The Walt Disney Company. Before Disney, Iger served as the president of ABC Television from 1994 to 1995 and the president and chief operating officerof Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. from 1995 until Disney's acquisition of the company in 1996. He was named president and COO of Disney in 2000, and later succeeded Michael Eisner as CEO in 2005, after a successful effort by Roy E. Disney...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth10 February 1951
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not in the camp that believes that Netflix is going to take over the world...technology makes it impossible to have a monopoly.
It's in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer-what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.
People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.
What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.
The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.
Steve Jobs was a great friend as well as a trusted advisor. His legacy will extend far beyond the products he created or the businesses he built. It will be the millions of people he inspired, the lives he changed, and the culture he defined.
Working together to address piracy we can help to ensure that the same content Verizon is distributing legally under this deal will not be downloaded illegally.
We are in technology to essentially do three things.
We are really excited by the intersection between great content and great technology.
We like the size of the company today given the environment and have no plans to split it up and make it smaller.
It's a good time to be in the content business though, the branded content business.
Are there challenges? Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.
By combining Disney's powerful content with the quality and equity of the Kellogg's brand, we will bring innovative products to the breakfast tables of families across the globe.
We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises.