The Next Disney CEO Is a Mystery, But Disney Fans Know Who They DON'T Want

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Left: Christine McCarthy poses on a chair in a black sweater. Right: Josh D'Amaro smiles in front of Disney Studios.

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  1. Royz

    So wrong…So wrong…

    Ms. Mcarthy is undoubtedly the wrong choice, proven by her inability from insulting guests to mischievious workings within the company. Was Bob Chapek.wrong in some.decisions…Yes in some, but there were other working factors /persons at play also.

    To quote WarGames Joshua the Computer:
    “The only winning move is not to play.”

    Elaborating on the quote to mean not to put any existing board members in the position of CEO. Again bring back Eisner, Katzenberg, Abigail Disney, and yes one other that shall remain nameless to get the company and studio back on track.

    Ms. Mcarthy will only expand on ideology, politics, forgetting about creative direction, and continue to tarnish the reputation of the Walt Disney Company.

    Again an investor/stockholder call should vote no confidence in Ms McCarthy and or any of the board.

    Its time to clean out the House of Mouse. Dismiss the entire board.

  2. Steve

    Downward spiral. Disney will end up private.

  3. PPP

    I can’t believe they want Kevin Feige or Kathleen Kennedy as other choices. The company is on death’s door. The CFO is the most traitorous Spengali

  4. Dodger

    Who is “we”? You and your fellow insurrectionists?

    1. Dodger

      So the short answer is yes, but that was still a fun pivot. Where shall we meet to show our respective documents? I suggest the Tam O’Shanter in Los Angeles. Table 31, if possible. (If you had to Google any of the above, you are not worthy.)

  5. brooke

    Iger never, ever hand picked Chapek. Bob Cheapek was #5 on Iger’s list of successors. Cheapek went on to undercut the 4 candidates above him. He then snaked into the CEO role. This has been documented by The Hollywood Reporter – with insider accounts of what happened. Cheapek is a snake. Iger knew Chapek wouldn’t succeed because he’s known as a bean counter.

  6. Gary

    The next CEO should be a long time Imaginer and like Walt & to surround him with people with different talents. Walt was not very good on the money side and that is where Roy comes in because he was good at it. I do not think someone who is strictly a money person is the right choice. That is my opinion!

  7. JT

    I’m leaning toward Josh D’maro as next CEO, but I’d like to find out more about him. One person I definitely don’t want to see in that position is Christine McCarthy! She is the impetus behind smaller food portions and her comment about guests’ waistlines was insulting, rude, and insensitive. And besides, she looks like Cruella Deville when she smiles!

  8. Carl

    She is the CFO, bean counters should only count the beans and report how many there are, not run the company. Disney needs a CEO that has vision filled with what if and not what can we charge. Profit above guests and cast members will continue to destroy any Magic Disney has left.

  9. Chris

    Josh D’maro is not a good choice as CEO. Look at what has happened to the parks since he has been in charge.

  10. Mike

    “Waistline” McCarthy also bashed guests who didn’t buy Genie+. McCarthy I guess who have money, don’t want to stand in line”. She NEVER once broke rank and openly complained about Chapek. Then, suddenly the ship starts sinking and she is throwing anchors overboard to save her fat derrière!!!!

  11. Mickeymouse3

    Dana Walden was a top fiver in another article. She was the one who replaced Peter Rice, who might be an excellent candidate, after Paycheck viewed Rice as a threat to him. She has the creative side but not so much the business side, plus, she was appointed by Paycheck for a reason. That alone would keep her off my list.
    McCarthy’s comment about waistlines, even tho I can’t really argue her point, should not have been said. This tells me what she thinks about us “little people” and would not get my vote.
    Iger, and the board, will have a tough decision to make as they must choose someone with the right blend of creativity, business and political savviness.

  12. Never put a CFO in as CEO..EVER. ATT did it with Randall Stephenson and he just about killed the company and reputation. They are still suffering after he left.
    It will be a DEI hire to show the world the “first” whatever to run Disney. IBM did that with Ginny Rominetty and she drove that company down. Bring on someone with creative vision. Yrs, watch the book keeping, but Disney is supposed to be customer focused, which they are not now and Iger started much of what Chepak got the blame for.

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