Former Disney CEO Bob Iger believes his successor, Bob Chapek, did too much too fast after taking the mantle in 2020.
“There was no urgent need to make drastic changes,” Iger recalled. “And yet he did, and he brought in bureaucracy and he brought in layers of management.”
The result in November 2022 was Chapek’s ouster from the company and Iger’s return as CEO. Under pressure to improve the long-troubled track record of succession at Disney, Iger passed the CEO baton to Josh D’Amaro last February and has formally exited the company. The Financial Times spoke with
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