Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down – here's what to watch now $DIS (via TradingNation)
Here's what three analysts say about the move.Walter Isaacson, Perella Weinberg Partners advisory partner, said Iger will act in a different capacity as executive chairman.
"What's particularly interesting in this transition is Bob Iger saying he's going to spend the next year and a half or however long it is being an executive chairman focused mainly on creative. … He came in not as the creative person. He came in as a business suit so to speak in the Hollywood jargon.
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