Returning Disney CEO Bob Iger announces plans for sweeping overhaul of corporate structure
As the current CEO of Disney, Bob Iger and his family have an enormous role to play in the future of the company. In an interview with Business Insider, Iger outlines his ideas for how to make the company run more efficiently and improve its return on investment. Iger has been CEO of Disney for the past 40 years, and his first official comment on the changes that his son Bob Iger Jr. has been working on is as follows:
“Just as when the company started, Disney will continue to work with independent board members and leaders in each different business unit. This is the model that we’ve been using for the last 40 years and you’ll see it continue. For the last decade, it’s been the model that has enabled us to have the success we’ve had.”
Iger Jr says that Disney will continue to be “a great place to work.” Iger Jr. also says that his father has more information about Disney’s structure as a company and how it can be better run. He says that it’s a time to “really think about how we can make the organization more efficient and more effective, and make it run more efficiently.”
“You’ll see the structure changes happen.”
Iger Jr. says that the changes are more than going from a company with one CEO to a company with one CEO and a CEO for each “business unit.” He says:
“Just as when the company started, Disney will continue to work with independent board members and leaders in each different business unit. This is the model that we’ve been using for the last 40 years and you’ll see it continue. For the last decade, it’s been the model that has enabled us to have the success we’ve had.”
Iger Jr. says that it’s time to “really think about how we can make the organization more efficient and more effective, and make it run more efficiently.”
Iger Jr. says that the changes are more than going from a company with one CEO to a company with one CEO and a CEO for each “business unit.” He says:
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