Summoned out of retirement to right the company, Iger faces shareholders who want to shake up the board
Bob Iger wished his colleagues “smooth waters ahead” as he stepped down in 2021 after 15 years at Disney’s helm. They proved anything but.
Eleven months later, he was summoned out of retirement. Iger, who had been lauded for transforming a rusty Hollywood tug into a gleaming flotilla of new media entities during his first stint in charge, was given a second stint to steer the company back on course.
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