Robert A. Iger

Robert A. Iger

CEO & Board Member at Walt Disney
Company Tenure: 11 years
Education:
Ithaca College (B.S.)
Biography:

Robert A. Iger returned to The Walt Disney Company as CEO on November 20, 2022, after previously serving as CEO and Chairman from 2005 to 2020 and as Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board through 2021. From 2000-2005, Mr. Iger served as President and Chief Operating Officer. He officially joined the Disney senior management team in 1996 as Chairman of the Disney-owned ABC Group, and in 1999, was given the additional responsibility of President, Walt Disney International. He began his career at ABC in 1974. Mr. Iger was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in January 2020, and the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2015. He currently serves on the boards of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Perfect Day and Genies.

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$28,600 $1,659,100

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In regards to a public stance Disney takes in support of the Paris Climate Agreement" say what you want to say about the Paris Climate Accords, but my opinion, we have a huge problem in our world with the health of the world environmentally. And I believe it is something needs to be do about something needs to be done about it. And I don't even think it should be subject to debate.

"We have purposely, in telling our stories, told stories that touch upon some of the more some controversial issues that exist in today's world, although we've not in any way been shy about it because we fundamentally believe it's the right thing for us to do. I'm thinking specifically about same sex couples and homosexuality, as if, for instance, and we will continue to do that, but we do. So how do I put it, with care. Because we're reaching a world that doesn't necessarily agree with us on all of these issues and we just try to be sensitive about it. So it's a delicate balance between us wanting to foster a sense of fairness and equality and justice. In effect, have the product that we make best reflect the world that we're doing business in. In order to do that, you're including in your product people of multicolors and backgrounds and ethnicities and sexual orientation and you name it."

"We have purposely, in telling our stories, told stories that touch upon some of the more some controversial issues that exist in today's world, although we've not in any way been shy about it because we fundamentally believe it's the right thing for us to do. I'm thinking specifically about same sex couples and homosexuality, as if, for instance, and we will continue to do that, but we do. So how do I put it, with care. Because we're reaching a world that doesn't necessarily agree with us on all of these issues and we just try to be sensitive about it. So it's a delicate balance between us wanting to foster a sense of fairness and equality and justice. In effect, have the product that we make best reflect the world that we're doing business in. In order to do that, you're including in your product people of multicolors and backgrounds and ethnicities and sexual orientation and you name it."

In regards to issues such as the Dont Say Gay Bill: "There's another side to this that I think has to be considered, and that is that a lot of these issues are not necessarily political. It's about right and wrong."

"I donated all the proceeds to create scholarships to promote diversity in journalism"

"The brand has built up tremendous equity among people around the world, including foreign leaders, including xi Jinping. So when it comes time to decide and however it's done in China, sometimes it could be somewhat opaque. But I have a general idea how a lot of the decisions are made, what comes in and what doesn't come in. Disney is for the most part looked upon quite favorably because of just what we just talked about. "

"I don't think that America has provided people with equal opportunity. "

"when the proposal was made to change the abortion laws in Georgia, I simply said it will be difficult shooting there because there are a lot of people who work for us or with us, contract by contract, who will not want to shoot there, and that will be a problem. I was not taking a position on their law purposely because I don't think Disney, even though I have a position on myself, should necessarily weigh in on whether we're pro choice or pro Life."