Iger has garnered support from a diverse group of influential individuals including Lorraine Powell Jobs, a philanthropist and investor, George Lucas, the Star Wars filmmaker, and the families of Walton Roy Disney despite the known discord within the Disney family.
CEO Bob Iger is fighting off activist investor Nelson Peltz, who argues the company spends too much on message-based “woke” programming and is campaigning for seats on the Disney board.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.
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