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Robert Iger is CEO of The Walt Disney Company, the media and entertainment conglomerate behind film studios, theme parks, and streaming services.
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Bob Chapek, fired as Disney CEO after less than three years, says he would turn the job down if offered again. He blames a board that brought back Bob Iger, who now sits on it while Josh D'Amaro runs the company.
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Disney is cutting about 300 jobs, mostly in HR and tech, according to CNBC's source, in the third round of layoffs since Josh D'Amaro became CEO in March. The cost programme has now reached the HR staff who administer it. The wider jobs data does not yet show other employers doing the same.
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Four raises worth $7.7 billion landed in one week, and the largest is not a fund with an exit clock. Thrive's roll-up vehicle sold roughly a sixth of itself at a $12 billion valuation.
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Karandeep Anand becomes Disney's senior executive vice president and CTO on October 2, reporting to Josh D'Amaro. Disney expects an unspecified number of Character.AI engineers to follow him into a remit covering enterprise systems, data and AI.
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Fortune reports a tax logic under the Thrive founder's franchise purchase. On one analyst's allocation estimate, the deal implies roughly $750 million a year of deductible amortization.
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Jeanie Buss says a co-trustee veto blocks her siblings from selling the family's last 17.8% to Kushner and Iger. The letter also warns anyone who helps them.
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Russell Reynolds counted 34% of first-half 2026 S&P 500 CEO appointments going to someone who had already led a public company, up from 22%. Each one closes a promotion chain.
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Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger's record bid is being read by outside analysts as a non-passive shield against carried interest. The pricing logic may sit in the tax code.
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