With Walt Disney’s months-long proxy war with activist investor Nelson Peltz in the rear-view mirror, attention is refocused on finding CEO Bob Iger’s successor.
The board has extended Iger’s retirement date five times, continually deferring decisions about finding a replacement.
Disney board members sought to reassure investors, ahead of Wednesday’s shareholder vote, that this time they are taking the matter of succession seriously, as they vet internal and external candidates ahead of Iger’s new retirement date by the end of 2026.
This week, attention focused on Disney Entertainment Co-chairman Dana Walden as the current top contender, among Hollywood insiders, many of them former Disney executives or those who have done business with one of the world’s largest entertainment conglomerates.
Walden is a creative TV executive in the mold of Iger, with…
