Bob Iger

Robert Allen "Bob" Iger is the current chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company. He has served as president since 2000, and CEO since 2005, replacing Michael Eisner. He was the president of ABC in 1994 and remained president when Disney bought it in 1996 but then resigned as president in 1999 to oversee Disney's international operations.

He oversaw the acquisition of Pixar in 2006, following a period of strained relations with the animation studio. He also led the company to acquire Marvel Entertainment in 2009, Lucasfilm in 2012, and 21st Century Fox in 2017 further broadening the Disney Company's character franchises.

in 2020 he will be inducted into the American Television Hall of Fame.

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Videos

Disney CEO Bob Iger Takes The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

References

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures • Walt Disney Animation Studios • Pixar • Marvel Studios • Lucasfilm • Disneynature • 20th Century Studios • Blue Sky Studios • Searchlight Pictures

Television Production
Disney Television Animation • It's a Laugh Productions • Marvel Animation • ABC Studios • Lucasfilm Animation • 20th Century Fox Television • 20th Television • Fox 21 Television Studios • FXP

Distribution Brands
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution • UTV Motion Pictures • Buena Vista International

Former Studios

Touchstone Pictures • Fox 2000 Pictures • Disneytoon Studios • Skellington Productions • Caravan Pictures • DIC Entertainment L.P. (Limited Partnership) • Walt Disney Animation France • Walt Disney Animation Canada • Walt Disney Animation Japan • Walt Disney Animation Florida • Walt Disney Animation Australia • Dimension Films • Circle 7 Animation • ImageMovers Digital • Hollywood Pictures • Miramax Films • Pixar Canada • SIP Animation (Minority Stake) • Walt Disney Productions • Marvel Television

Current Figures
Bob Iger • Ed Catmull • Jennifer Lee • Pete Docter • Kevin Feige • Kathleen Kennedy

Former Figures
Michael Eisner • Jeffrey Katzenberg • John Lasseter

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In the Past

Disney's Nine Old Men: Milt Kahl • Frank Thomas • Ollie Johnston • Les Clark • John Lounsbery • Marc Davis • Ward Kimball • Eric Larson • Wolfgang Reitherman

Animators: Bill Tytla • Art Babbitt • Preston Blair • Fred Moore • Shamus Culhane • Cy Young • Don Lusk • Norman Ferguson • Hal King • Jack Hannah • Jack Kinney • Hal Ambro • Ken O'Brien • Judge Whitaker • Bill Justice • Don Bluth • Gary Goldman • Charles A. Nichols • Blaine Gibson • John Kennedy • John Ewing • Walt Stanchfield • Fred Hellmich • Andy Paliwoda
Visual Development, Layout, Background Artists and Character Designers: Gustaf Tenggren • Mary Blair • Joe Grant • Mel Shaw • Claude Coats • Don DaGradi • John Hench • Eyvind Earle • Ken O'Connor • Thor Putnam • Albert Hurter • John Hubley
Storyboard Artists and Writers: Bill Peet • Ralph Wright • Winston Hibler • Dick Huemer • Floyd Norman
Directors: Clyde Geronimi • Hamilton Luske • Wilfred Jackson • Jack Kinney • Art Stevens • Ted Berman • Richard Rich • Leo Matsuda • Nathan Greno
Producers: Walt Disney • Winston Hibler • Ron Miller • Joe Hale

In the Renaissance, the Present and the Revival

Renaissance Directors: Rob Minkoff • Roger Allers • Gary Trousdale • Kirk Wise • Chris Sanders • Mark Dindal • John Musker

Story Trust Directors: Ron Clements • Chris Buck • Byron Howard • Don Hall • Chris Williams • Rich Moore • Stephen J. Anderson
Producers: Peter Del Vecho • Clark Spencer • Roy Conli • Dorothy McKim • Don Hahn
Chief Creative Officer: Jennifer Lee
Associated Figures: Bob Iger • Roy Edward Disney • Michael Eisner • John Lasseter • Ed Catmull • Jeffrey Katzenberg
Signature Voice Actors: Jim Cummings • Alan Tudyk • Katie Lowes • John DiMaggio • Maurice LaMarche • David Ogden Stiers • Jesse Corti • Paul Briggs • Raymond S. Persi • Phil Johnston • Frank Welker • Bill Farmer
Signature Musicians: Sherman Brothers • Robert B. Sherman • Richard Sherman • Alan Menken • Kristen Anderson-Lopez • Robert Lopez • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Howard Ashman • Tim Rice • Stephen Schwartz • Marc Shaiman
Supervising Animators: Glen Keane • Andreas Deja • Alex Kupershmidt • Eric Goldberg • Mark Henn • John Pomeroy • T. Daniel Hofstedt • Tony Bancroft • Tom Bancroft • Tony Fucile • Russ Edmonds • Duncan Marjoribanks • Ruben Aquino • Nik Ranieri • Ron Husband • Rick Farmiloe • Tom Sito • Tony Anselmo
Visual Development & Storyboard Artists: Dean DeBlois • Lisa Keene • Claire Keane • Brittney Lee • Jin Kim • Shiyoon Kim • Cory Loftis

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In The Past
Glenn McQueen • Daniel Gerson • John Kahrs • Joe Ranft • Justin Wright • Dan Lee • Lee Unkrich

Brain Trust Directors
Andrew Stanton • Brad Bird

Directors
Angus MacLane • Peter Sohn • Sanjay Patel • Dan Scanlon • Ronnie del Carmen • Mark Andrews • Brenda Chapman • Steve Purcell • Brian Fee

Producers
Jonas Rivera • Darla K. Anderson • Kori Rae • Katherine Sarafian

Chief Creative Officer
Pete Docter

Associated Figures
Bob Iger • John Lasseter • Ed Catmull • Steve Jobs • George Lucas

Signature Voice Actors
John Ratzenberger • Bob Peterson • Josh Cooley • Jerome Ranft • Frank Welker • Bill Farmer • Jeff Pidgeon

Signature Musicians
Randy Newman • Michael Giacchino • Thomas Newman • Chris Stapleton • Trent Reznor • Atticus Ross

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