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Bob Iger

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Robert Alan Iger (; born February 10, 1951) is an American media executive who is chief executive officer (CEO) of the Walt Disney Company. He previously was the president of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) between 1994 and 1995 and president and chief operating officer (COO) of Capital Cities/ABC, from 1995 until its acquisition by Disney in 1996. Iger was named president of Disney in 2000 and succeeded Michael Eisner as CEO in 2005, until his contract expired in 2020. He then was executive chairman until his formal retirement from the company on December 31, 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Iger is the 352nd most popular businessperson (down from 269th in 2019), the 4,300th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,970th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Bob Iger ranks 352 out of 847. Before him are Arkady Rotenberg, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Lei Jun, Bertha Krupp, Louis Réard, and J. C. Jacobsen. After him are Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Albert Kahn, Edward Colston, Vicente Calderón, and Paul Castellano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Bob Iger ranks 195. Before him are Manfred Winkelhock, Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Dave Benton, Arkady Rotenberg, Ivars Godmanis, and Stephen Bishop. After him are Massimo Ranieri, Nick Ut, Marc Surer, Alec John Such, Charly García, and Hans-Joachim Stuck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Iger ranks 4,300 out of 20,380. Before him are Kieran Culkin (1982), Frank Muller (1862), Stephen Bishop (1951), Dan O'Bannon (1946), Lee Morgan (1938), and Hal Ashby (1929). After him are Jerry Brudos (1939), Bud Cort (1948), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Andrew Yang (1975), Noah Beery (1882), and Charles Wilkes (1798).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Bob Iger ranks 111. Before him are Johnny Kitagawa (1931), Clyde Cessna (1879), James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841), Mike Markkula (1942), Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), and Linda Yaccarino (1963). After him are Chad Hurley (1977), Paul Castellano (1915), John Sculley (1939), Jack Welch (1935), David Stern (1942), and Roger Ailes (1940).

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