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
The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.
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.
We are in technology to essentially do three things.
We are really excited by the intersection between great content and great technology.
This is a particularly interesting time for the Walt Disney Co.. It is interesting because we operate in very dynamic businesses in a world that is changing every day before our eyes. Business is changing at a much faster pace.
I think that all the old rules should be called into question because the rules in terms of consumption have changed so dramatically,
Our parks are the No. 1 tourist destinations for every continent where we have a presence,
I think networks are in trouble if they continue to do business the same way. If networks are willing, and this one is, to do business differently, then I don't think we're in trouble at all.
I remain rather sobered by the experience that the music industry had. The bottom line is that they were not in tune with that their customers wanted and what the world was demanding of them. And I think it hurt them significantly.
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.