Why Disney CEO Bob Iger is stepping down 9 months before his contract ends

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Disney's future CEO, Josh D'Amaro, and current top executive, Bob Iger.

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Here's how much money Disney's new CEO is getting paid

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Josh D'Amaro

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Bob Iger's longtime billionaire nemesis, Nelson Peltz, is unimpressed with Disney's new CEO

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Longtime Disney leader Bob Iger won a proxy fight against Nelson Peltz in 2024.

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Read the memo Disney sent employees telling them why Josh D'Amaro was chosen to be the next CEO

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Disney veteran Josh D'Amaro is officially the successor to Bob Iger.

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Disneyland admission was $1 on opening day in 1955. See how Disney park prices have skyrocketed since.

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The author (not pictured) went with this wife to Disney World without their kids.

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Disney picks Josh D'Amaro to be its next CEO — and hopes history doesn't repeat itself

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Disney CEO Bob Iger (left) will cede his position to parks head Josh D'Amaro later this year.

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Even Disney can't outrun the international travel slowdown

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Visitors take a selfie at Sleeping Beauty Castle inside Disneyland at the Disneyland Resort.

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Disney's latest earnings show why Josh D'Amaro is widely viewed as the CEO frontrunner

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Disney parks head Josh D'Amaro is reportedly the frontrunner to be the next CEO.

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Disney reeled in record streaming profits, boosted by price hikes

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Disney+ shows like "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" aren't generating as much viewership as Netflix hits.

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Disney says it took a $110 million hit from its fight with YouTube TV

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Sports fans are caught in the middle of Disney and YouTube TV's contract dispute.

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