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Bob Chapek says he shouldn't have taken the Disney CEO job — and has some advice for Josh D'Amaro
Bob Chapek says if he could go back in time, he'd have a simple answer to being offered the role of Disney CEO: "No."
Chapek's short, turbulent time in the top job was marked by his clash with Bob Iger, his predecessor-turned-successor. Chapek said he felt like he'd been left with a "tattoo of a legacy" of Iger, who was Disney's top exec from 2005 until Chapek took over in February 2020, and served again from November 2022 to March of this year.
"I feel that's tremendously unfair, not only given the circumstances upon which I took the job, but the fact that the board had a very quick trigger — and frankly, sided with a guy who wanted his job back," Chapek said in an interview with Business Insider.
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