Executive Chairman of The Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger, has been interviewed by Alan Fleischmann for an upcoming episode of Sirius XM Business Radio’s Leadership Matters in which he talks about what’s next for him after leaving Disney and about Disneyland reopening on April 30th.
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What’s Happening:
- Sirius XM Business has begun to promote an upcoming episode of Leadership Matters that debuts on April 6th, containing an interview with Bob Iger, Executive Chairman and former CEO of The Walt Disney Company.
- The digital radio network released excerpts from the upcoming episode with The Hollywood Reporter, who share quotes from Bob Iger about life after Disney.
- In the interview, he explains that he doesn’t consider himself retiring, not being content to sit around watching TV, but that he doesn’t have any concrete plans yet. Whatever he chooses to do, it will be a lifestyle that comes with more leisure time and the opportunity for “More adventure, whatever that is.”
- He also reveals that while his decision to step back from the role of CEO may have felt abrupt to the public, it’s something he had been working with Disney’s board of directors on for several months prior to the announcement.
- His goal was to leave the company not only with a worthy successor, but also to leave his successor with a company operating at the top of its game.
- Some of the options on the table post-Disney include writing a follow up to The Ride of a Lifetime.
- While his time with the company ends in 2021, he’s hoping the pandemic allows for some face-to-face goodbyes and the opportunity to travel to some of the Disney destinations created during his era, specifically naming Shanghai Disneyland, which recently celebrated its 5th anniversary.
- While the audio THR had access to won’t be available until April 6th, Sirius XM has released a snippet from the upcoming interview in which Bob Iger talks about Disneyland closing last summer and the excitement about its April 30th reopening. You can listen to that audio here.