Articles about Bob Iger
Bob Iger is an American businessman who is the former CEO of The Walt Disney Company. He serves as the executive chairman and chairman of the board of Walt Disney as of 2021. In the past, Iger had held the position of President in ABC Television from 1994-1995. In 1972, Iger started his career in the media industry. After serving as a television weatherman for a brief period, Iger joined ABC in 1974. In 1989, he became ABC Entertainment’s head. In 1996, ABC’s parent company was bought by Disney and Iger became its CEO in 2005. The annual net income of Disney surged to over 400 percent under Iger. Some of Iger’s major achievements at Disney include the acquisition of the computer animation film studio Pixar, the opening of Shanghai Disneyland in 2016 which attracted over 11 million visitors. He also acquired Marvel Studios in 2009 and the production company Lucasfilm in 2012. Iger published his first memoir titled ‘The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company’ in 2019.

14 Mar 2020
EntertainmentA few days ago, Disney's on-demand video streaming service, Disney+, debuted in India through the Hotstar app.

05 Feb 2020
BusinessDisney's on-demand streaming service, Disney+, is finally ready to be launched in one of the largest entertainment markets in the world - India.

01 Dec 2019
EntertainmentWhat's better than watching a Star Wars movie? Well, watching it before everyone else.

08 Nov 2019
TechnologyDisney's direct-to-consumer content streaming service, Disney+, is set to go live on November 12.

24 Feb 2019
EntertainmentBlack Widow is one of the several projects Marvel has lined up after Avengers: Endgame arrives in theaters on April 26 and concludes the current phase of the MCU.

28 Jan 2019
EntertainmentMarvel is finally taking a hint from DC and foraying into standalone female superhero movies, with Captain Marvel set to hit theaters on March 8, 2019.

15 Jan 2018
BusinessFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will no longer serve as Disney's board members.

14 Dec 2017
BusinessDisney has announced a major deal to acquire several parts of Twenty-First Century Fox for $52.4bn in stock, including their movie studios, the Nat Geo network, Asia's pay-TV operator Star TV, and some stakes in Sky, Hulu and regional sports networks.

08 Sep 2017
BusinessIt's already been decided that Disney and Netflix will part ways in 2019 and the separation is going to hurt Netflix a lot.

17 May 2017
EntertainmentAmid the massive WannaCry ransomware attack, hackers have now hit the Walt Disney Studios.