#406: Bob Iger — CEO and Chairman of Disney
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
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🗓️ 16 January 2020
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, Robert A. Iger (@RobertIger) is the steward of one of the world's largest media companies and some of the most respected and beloved brands around the globe. Since becoming CEO in 2005, Iger has built on Disney's rich history of storytelling and innovation with the acquisitions of Pixar (2006), Marvel (2009), Lucasfilm (2012) and 21st Century Fox (2019), and the landmark opening of Disney's first theme park and resort in Mainland China, Shanghai Disney Resort in 2016.
Always one to embrace new technology, Iger has created an ambitious direct-to-consumer strategy that leverages Disney's unparalleled creative content across new platforms, including the new Disney+ streaming service, ESPN+, Hulu, and Hotstar.
Iger serves on the boards of the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum and Bloomberg Philanthropies. He is a graduate of Ithaca College.
His new autobiography is titled The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, which offers stories and lessons about structuring, dealmaking, leadership, and optimizing fear metabolism.
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| 0:02.0 | At this altitude I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. |
| 0:06.1 | Can I ask you a question? |
| 0:08.1 | Now I just sit in the perfect time. |
| 0:10.1 | What's I do the opposite? |
| 0:12.1 | I'm a cybernetic organism living to show a metal-hinted skeleton. |
| 0:16.1 | Lee-Tem-Farris-Show |
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