Bob Iger

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4.4 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Despite all of his success as CEO of Disney, Bob Iger has an underdog mentality. Bob Myers sits down with him to examine his leadership journey and how the development of his strong work ethic early in life led to his success. They discuss his negotiations to purchase Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm, as well as Disney’s shift to streaming and the risk that went along with that decision. Iger also reveals his desire to own an NBA team one day, and gives a hint at the type of owner he would be. This episode was recorded prior to Bob Iger returning as CEO of Disney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In that moment, Bob, do you, are you such a good guy that you look at him and say, are
0:06.5	you, are you sure about this?
0:08.2	No, no, no.
0:10.2	At that point, I'm praying that those emotions are coursing through his veins.
0:18.4	Yeah.
0:19.4	We not cause him to stand up and stand up and walk out.
0:24.1	Lead by example with Bob Meyers is presented for the people by Caesar's sports book, You
0:32.0	Bad You Get with Caesar's Rewards must be 21 or older.
0:36.6	This episode was recorded prior to Bob Iger's return to the Walt Disney Company.
0:41.4	Welcome to Lead by example on Bob Meyers.
0:43.5	Today we have another Bob here, Bob Iger, a little more established and renowned than this
0:49.7	one.
0:50.7	I could go into all the accolades, Bob, but I assume the people watching and listening
0:55.0	are aware of who you are and what you've done and it's a pretty long list.
0:59.5	So I'm going to skip it if that doesn't offend you.
1:02.2	We're going to get to all of it through the course of this.
1:04.5	Okay, that's fine.
1:05.5	Fine.
1:06.5	By the way, you hold up pretty well against me or you stack up pretty bad.
1:10.6	I don't have any, I don't have any NBA championship.
1:13.2	Well, one day we can get, let's get to that later.
1:15.8	Maybe one day.
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