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Encyclopedia > Robert Iger

Robert A. Iger (born February 10, 1951) or Bob Iger is head of the Walt Disney Company. He has been President since January 2000 and CEO since October 2005. February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc. ...

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Early Life

Born Robert A. Iger in Oceanside, New York, he finished his undergraduate studies at Ithaca College, and began his media career as a weatherman for a local television station ([1]). He joined the American Broadcasting Company in 1974 and gradually rose through its ranks during the following decades. He served as President of the ABC Network Television Group from 1993 to 1994, and then was named President and Chief Operating Officer of ABC's corporate parent, Capital Cities/ABC. Oceanside is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the south part of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. ... Ithaca College is a private institution of higher education located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ...


In 1996, The Walt Disney Company bought Capital Cities/ABC and renamed it ABC, Inc., where Iger remained President until 1999. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...


Disney

Second-in-command

On February 25, 1999, Disney replaced Iger at the helm of ABC with Steve Bornstein, the head of ESPN at the time, and named Iger the President of Walt Disney International, the business unit that oversees Disney's international operations, as well as Chairman of the ABC Group. Disney called the change a promotion for Iger, but the company's insistence was initially viewed with skepticism, as some thought Iger was merely being removed from day-to-day authority at ABC, since ABC had been struggling recently ([2]). February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Steve Bornstein is currently the President and CEO of the NFL Network and is also the NFLs Executive-VP of Media. ... ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...


However, less than one year later, Disney promoted Iger yet again. On January 25, 2000, Disney named Iger President and Chief Operating Officer, making him the company's number two executive under Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner. Eisner had been under pressure to name a potential successor, since Disney had a president for only 16 months (when Michael Ovitz served as President from 1995 to 1997) since Frank Wells died in 1994. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Michael Ovitz (born December 14, 1946), talent agent and Hollywood powerhouse, served as the head of the Creative Artists Agency from 1975 to 1995. ... Frank Wells was president and chief operating officer (COO) of the Walt Disney Company from 1984 until his death on April 3, 1994. ...


As Disney CEO

For over five years, Iger served as Disney's number two executive, largely under Eisner's shadow. But on March 13, 2005, after over a year of public pressure from Roy Disney's SaveDisney campaign to oust Michael Eisner, Disney announced that Iger would replace Eisner as CEO. It had considered only one other possible replacement, eBay CEO Meg Whitman. Since Eisner had been under pressure to step down, many were skeptical of Iger, who was indeed Eisner's hand-picked successor, and suspected that Eisner might use him as a puppet after he had formally stepped down. March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roy Edward Disney (born January 10, 1930) is the son of Roy Oliver Disney and the former Edna Francis. ... SaveDisney. ... eBay headquarters in San Jose eBay North First Street satellite office campus (home to PayPal) eBay Inc. ... Margaret C. Whitman (born August 4, 1956) has been the President and CEO of the online marketplace eBay since March 1998. ...


However, Iger immediately moved to show his independence from Eisner. Before he even formally assumed command of the company, he sacked one of Eisner's top lieutenants. On March 26, Iger made his first move at the helm of Disney when he reassigned Peter Murphy, the company's Chief Strategic Officer, and pledged to disband the company's strategic planning division. The division, which Eisner had created, was charged by many inside and outside the company with stifling creativity under a superfluous layer of bureaucracy. Iger vowed to restore much of the decision-making authority that the division had assumed to the individual business units, such as Parks and Resorts and Studio Entertainment. March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (86th in leap years). ... Peter John Murphy (born July 11, 1957, near Northampton, England) was the singer of the British rock group Bauhaus who later went on to release a number of solo albums, such as Deep and Love Hysteria. ... Strategic planning is an organizations process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. ... Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the division of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds and manages the theme parks and vacation resorts for which Disney is famous, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises. ... The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...


Iger also reacquired the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and resurrected negotiations with Disney's film production partner Pixar Animation Studios, and reconciled the company's differences with former shareholders Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold, who in July 2005 dropped their SaveDisney campaign and agreed to work with Iger. Disney, Gold, and Pixar chairman Steve Jobs had all been alienated by Iger's predecessor, Eisner. An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit movie poster from 1927. ... Pixars logo and mascot Luxo, Jr. ... Roy E. Disney in Sweden, 1990 to promote The Little Mermaid. ... Stanley Gold is the President and CEO of Shamrock Holdings, which manages Roy E. Disneys investments. ... SaveDisney. ... Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. ...


On October 1, the first official day of Iger's term at the helm of the media conglomerate, Iger fired many senior staff at the Muppets Holding Company, the subsidiary of Disney which controls The Muppets [3]. Eisner had personally hand-picked this staff himself when the Muppets became Disney property in April 2004. Many saw Iger's action as a sign that Disney is entering a new era with no baggage from Eisner. Iger also brought back Roy E. Disney with the titles Director Emeritus and consultant. October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Muppets Studio, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of media conglomerate The Walt Disney Company, formed in 2004 through the acquisition of The Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House characters from The Jim Henson Company. ... The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters, and the company created by Jim Henson. ... Roy E. Disney in Sweden, 1990 to promote The Little Mermaid. ...


He is currently in negotiations with Amblin Entertainment and Lucasfilm so that Disney can do more with the Roger Rabbit franchise and Star Wars and Indiana Jones tie-ins at the theme parks in addition to Pixar. Amblin Entertainment logo. ... Lucasfilm Ltd. ... Baby Herman (right) and Roger Rabbit, as they appeared in the Roger Rabbit short Tummy Trouble. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Dr. Henry Indiana Jones, Jr. ...


Pixar merger

On January 24, 2006, in a move that would have been inconceivable a year earlier, Disney announced it would acquire Pixar for US $7.4 billion in an all-stock transaction. The merger installed animator John Lasseter as Chief Creative Officer of the Disney/Pixar animation studios and Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering, the division that designs theme park attractions. It also made Steve Jobs Disney's top shareholder with 7% of outstanding shares and gave him a new seat on Disney's board of directors. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Pixars studio lot in Emeryville Pixar Animation Studios is an American seven time Academy Award winning computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA). ... John A. Lasseter (born January 12, 1957 in Hollywood, California) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Feature Animation. ... Walt Disney Imagineering was formed by entertainment mogul Walt Disney on December 16, 1952 as WED Enterprises (WED: Walter Elias Disney) to develop plans for a theme park and to manage Disneys personal assets. ... Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. ...


Many Disney observers applauded Iger for bringing Lasseter, who is widely hailed as a creative genius, and Jobs, who is likewise seen as a technological visionary, to Disney. For example, Roy E. Disney, who had been critical of Iger for his role as Eisner's deputy, issued this statement: "Animation has always been the heart and soul of the Walt Disney Company and it is wonderful to see Bob Iger and the company embrace that heritage by bringing the outstanding animation talent of the Pixar team back into the fold. This clearly solidifies the Walt Disney Company's position as the dominant leader in motion picture animation and we applaud and support Bob Iger's vision" [4]. Roy E. Disney in Sweden, 1990 to promote The Little Mermaid. ...


Miscellany

  • Iger is married to journalist Willow Bay, his second marriage. He has four children, two with Ms. Bay.[5]
  • Iger's great-uncle, cartoonist Jerry Iger, was a business partner of cartoonist Will Eisner (no relation to Michael Eisner).
  • In May 2006 he appeared as a guest on Michael Eisner's CNBC talk show.[6]
Preceded by
vacant
(eventually Michael Ovitz)
Disney Presidents
2000–
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Michael Eisner
Disney CEOs
2005–
Succeeded by
Incumbent

In February 2007 Zemeckis and Disney chairman Dick Cook announced plans to set up a new performance-capture film company devoted to CG-created, 3-D movies.[9] The company will create films using the performance capture technology, with Zemeckis expected to direct a number of the projects. Disney will distribute and market the motion pictures worldwide.


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The Walt Disney Company - Robert A. Iger Executive Biography (296 words)
Iger began his career at ABC in 1974.
Iger has held a series of increasingly responsible senior management positions at the company, including serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Capital Cities/ABC, where he guided the complex merger of ABC with The Walt Disney Company.
Iger is a member of the board of directors of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. He is a trustee of the American Film Institute Board and serves on the Executive Advisory Board of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Robert Iger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (906 words)
Robert (Bob) A. Iger (born February 10, 1951 in Oceanside, New York) is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company.
Iger vowed to restore much of the decision-making authority that the division had assumed to the individual business units, such as Parks and Resorts and Studio Entertainment.
Iger also reacquired the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and resurrected negotiations with Disney's film production partner Pixar Animation Studios, and reconciled the company's differences with former shareholders Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold, who in July 2005 dropped their SaveDisney campaign and agreed to work with Iger.
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