Robert Allen Iger (born February 10, 1951) is an American business executive who is Executive Chairman of The Walt Disney Company. Before working for Disney, Bob served as the President of ABC Television from 1994 to 1995, and as President/COO of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. from 1995 until Disney's acquisition of the company in 1996.
Iger was named President and COO of Disney in 2000, and later became CEO in 2005. In 2015, Bob earned $44.9 million in compensation. During his tenure, Disney broadened the company's roster of intellectual properties and its presence in international markets; Bob oversaw the acquisitions of Pixar in 2006 for $7.4 billion, Marvel Entertainment in 2009 for $4 billion, Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4.06 billion, and 21st Century Fox in 2019 for $71.3 billion, as well as the expansion of the company's theme park resorts in East Asia, with the introduction of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and Shanghai Disney Resort in 2005 and 2016, respectively.
