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Creators, Creativity, and Technology with Bob Iger
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Bob Iger has returned as Disney's CEO.
During his last 15 year run, he grew Disney's market cap from $55B to $260B and did 4 landmark deals:
Fox: $71B
Pixar: $7.4B
Marvel: $4B
Lucasfilm: $4B
I recently watched his... See more
Steve Jobs was the single largest individual shareholder in Disney and it all started with this $5 million check.
The year was 1986 and Steve Jobs was in exile from Apple.
The company that would one day become Pixar was called Graphics Group. Graphics Group was owned by Star Wars creator... See more
- Disney+ was launched on November 12, 2019
- Their plan was for 4 to 5 million subscribers in the first year
- They signed 10 million in the first 24 hours
- That 24 hours were one of the best moments for Bob
Bob Iger • Creators, Creativity, and Technology with Bob Iger
My 7 part plan to make Resy into a great American company
Like most venture capitalists, I’m not qualified to do anything but my current job. That is, except for one thing; I would absolutely kill it as the CEO of Resy.
Your move, @AmericanExpress.
What is perhaps most debilitating for Iger, however, is the simple fact that the rules of the game have changed, and the ambitions have diminished. The glory days of growth and conquest that defined his first tenure have given way to a brutal battle for survival, one in which Iger may be forced to deconstruct the very empire he helped build,... See more
Dylan Byers • The Iger Bunker
