Disney's board osts a less than beloved CEO Bob Chepek and brings back the Golden Boy former CEO Bob Iger. As Disney's sixth CEO, Iger oversaw tremendous growth. The acquiring Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm expanding the Disney Universe to include Star Wars. Noelle King: This world we live in today is a pretty strange world too.
Disney’s board wished upon a star and brought back former CEO Bob Iger, who replaced his own replacement, the now-axed CEO Bob Chapek. The Hollywood Reporter’s Kim Masters explains.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and edited by Matt Collette and Noel King, who also hosted.
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