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...His father, Mayer Mechanic, was a dentist in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey who was known as “the Mayer of Ho-Ho-Kus” for his extreme sociability....
...After the launch of Disney+, Mayer was seen as a likely successor to Iger, who then surprised many observers by choosing Bob Chapek to run the company instead....
...They say the earlier extensions may have cost Disney good potential CEO candidates, including Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer, who left the company when it became clear they wouldn’t get the top job....
...Bob Iger has form when it comes to extending his time as the chief executive of Walt Disney....
...Iger recently retained two former Disney executives, Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, to help him examine options for the TV business, including ESPN, the sports network that for years was the company’s growth...
...Take on a ruined church when you retire, Bob advised visitors. “You’ll never look back.” Other surprises abound....
...People talked about Tom Staggs, Kevin Mayer - who are both seen as natural heirs apparent. Bob Chapek, a guy who ran Disney's parks division, was eventually picked by Iger....
...Disney has hired former executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs to advise on its legacy television business....
...Vice, which started as a punk magazine in Montreal, had a cachet with “young people” that Disney chief executive Bob Iger wanted a piece of, leading him to double his company’s investment to $400mn in the...
...But in February Mr Mayer was passed over in favour of Bob Chapek, another Disney veteran....
...(Since then, the two have been referred to inside the company as “Bob I” and “Bob C”.) Mayer had been kept in the dark....
...Professional services firms remaining in Russia would potentially be unable to withdraw profits for years due to sanctions, said Jason Hungerford, a London-based partner at law firm Mayer Brown....
...Iger and his former lieutenant, Kevin Mayer, architected the ESPN+ streaming service, which has lured 17m subscribers....
...Seen as a potential successor to CEO Bob Iger, he left after he was passed over for the top job. But that was before the pandemic hit and forced Disney to close its theme parks and cruise ships....
...I have been thinking a lot about “Bob”. He was a US software developer who worked from home for a large company. In 2013, it emerged Bob had been outsourcing his own job to China....
...He is actually taking control of the Disney organisation from Bob Iger,” said another person who has worked closely with both....
...“No one knows the Disney brand better than Bob [Chapek]. That is a prerequisite to being able to run this company well,” he said....
...More than 50 business leaders, including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Baupost chief executive Seth Klarman and former Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer, issued a statement on Wednesday urging elected officials...
...Bob Chapek, the former head of Disney’s parks business who took over as chief executive in February, commended Mr Mayer for his “extraordinary impact” on the company....
...Bob Iger’s unexpected decision to step down early as chief executive of Disney clears the way for head of theme parks Bob Chapek to take over....
...Kevin Mayer, who runs Disney’s direct-to-consumer business, was widely viewed as the frontrunner....
...Law firm Mayer Brown has hired Charles Malpass as a partner in its finance and banking practice in London. He joins from Dechert....
...It has to become an organising principle,” say authors Bob Eccles, Colin Mayer and Rupert Younger....
...The company is “likely” to bundle the three together at a discount, Mr Mayer said....
...In this case, because it is a convertible bond (meaning its investors can choose to convert it to equity) it should be subject to even more scrutiny, said Bob Smith, president of Sage Advisory....
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