EXCLUSIVE: Disney's incoming CEO Josh D'Amaro joked about Succession – the show – and bonded with his new no. 2 Dana Walden and outgoing chief executive Bob Iger at a company town hall Wednesday. Executives gathered at the main theater on the Disney lot in Burbank for the event,

Disney is important to many fans, and the incoming CEO understands why.

Disney Chairman James Gorman led the succession process, which began with a list of more than 100 candidates and ended with the selection of parks chief Josh D'Amaro, who will replace Bob Iger as CEO.

Wall Street has greeted Disney’s CEO succession news with a shrug, with analysts nodding in approval of Josh D’Amaro’s promotion but not bursting into applause. The media giant’s beleaguered stock, which has essentially been stuck in the mud since 2022,

An analyst said the question of who will succeed Bob Iger as CEO has been an 'overhang' on Disney's stock.

For the past several years, Josh D’Amaro has been running the engine of Disney’s business, its theme parks. Now he must grapple with a changing media universe.

Disney’s board of directors will meet next week with the drama over longtime CEO Bob Iger’s successor reaching its final act. A person familiar with the situation confirmed the board meeting to Deadline.

Walt Disney named theme parks head Josh D'Amaro as CEO on Feb. 3, ending years of succession uncertainty and placing a longtime insider at the helm as artificial intelligence and