A new Disney CEO is a momentous thing. What makes Wednesday’s handoff from Bob Iger to Josh D’Amaro especially notable is the calm: Disney succession hasn’t been this drama-free in more than 30 years.
The process was transparent. Key leaders from Dana Walden to Alan Bergman down the new org chart are staying put. Historically, the Mouse loses top executives during CEO transitions, from Jeffrey Katzenberg back in 1994 to parks chair Jay Rasulo, CFO Tom Staggs, Direct-to-Consumer & International Chair Kevin Mayer and chairman of Disney General Entertainment Content Peter Rice, to name a handful. Over the years, messy planning has led to controversial, costly golden parachutes, shareholder lawsuits, a stockholder revolt and a bitter, distracting proxy fight.
This time has been different.
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