Quotes by Bob Iger

About Bob Iger:

Robert Allen "Bob" Iger is an American businessman and the chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company. He was named president of Disney in 2000, and later succeeded Michael Eisner as chief executive in 2005, after a successful effort by Roy E. Disney to shake-up the management of the company. Iger oversaw the acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios in 2006, following a period of strained relations with the animation studio. He also led the company to acquire Marvel Entertainment in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012, further broadening Disney's intellectual property franchises.
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It's in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer - what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.

Bob Iger

We're delighted to be working with Apple to offer fans a new and innovative way to experience our wildly popular shows.

Bob Iger

It's a good time to be in the content business though, the branded content business.

Bob Iger

Netflix, Amazon, iTunes - whatever platforms emerge - we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business. Which means there are entirely new opportunities to monetize our capital investment in content and do so ...

Bob Iger

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.

Bob Iger

We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises.

Bob Iger

I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.

Bob Iger

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

Bob Iger

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

Bob Iger

I drive myself to and from work. I love the privacy.

Bob Iger

The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.

Bob Iger

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.

Bob Iger

Sometimes I feel like I'm a contestant in a reality show that probably would be called The Apprentice Survivor Millionaire.

Bob Iger

People don't like to follow pessimists.

Bob Iger

I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster.

Bob Iger

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

Bob Iger

For us to grow globally, it's not enough to just be an exporter. We have to be a creator.

Bob Iger

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

Bob Iger

I had worked at Disney since they bought the company that I had worked for, ABC in the mid-90s.

Bob Iger

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

Bob Iger

Author Bio

  • NameBob Iger
  • DescriptionAmerican businessman
  • BornFebruary 10, 1951
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBusinessperson