Disney’s CEO Search Could Leave One Executive More Powerful Than the CEO

Disney’s CEO Transition Exposes Growing Power Struggle at the Top : Disney Fanatic

For a company built on carefully managed messaging and polished transitions, Disney’s current CEO search feels unusually raw. As Bob Iger prepares to eventually step aside, the process of choosing his successor has revealed something Disney rarely acknowledges publicly: internal tension at the highest levels of leadership. This isn’t just a race to replace Iger. It’s a struggle over how Disney will be run—and who truly holds influence once the t…

Disney’s CEO Search Could Leave One Executive More Powerful Than the CEO

As Bob Iger moves closer to the end of his current tenure, Disney’s long-running CEO search is entering its most revealing phase. While much of the public conversation has focused on who will replace Iger, a quieter—and arguably more consequential—question is taking shape behind the scenes: what happens to the executives who don’t get the top job? Recent industry chatter suggests the answer may be more complicated than a traditional win-or-lose …