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A Disney veteran with vast theme park experience, but little expertise in movies and television, will be the entertainment and media corporation's next chief executive. investors.thewaltdisneycompan...

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Josh D’Amaro Named Next Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company Dana Walden To Become President and Chief Creative Officer of The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) Board of Directors announced today that, in a unanimous vote held on Monday, it elected Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro to become Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, effective at the upcoming Annual Meeting on March 18, 2026, when he will succeed longtime Disney CEO Robert A. Iger. The Board also intends to appoint D’Amaro as a director immediately following that meeting. As head of the company’s largest business segment with $36 billion in annual revenue in FY2025 and 185,000 Cast Members and employees worldwide, D’Amaro, a 28-year Disney veteran, is the architect of the largest global expansion in Disney Experiences history, and has led the segment to new heights financially, creatively, and in guest satisfaction. left to right: James P. Gorman, Josh D’Amaro, Dana Walden, Robert A. Iger (Photo credit: The Walt Disney Company) “Josh https://investors.thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/news-details/2026/Josh-DAmaro-Named-Next-Chief-Executive-Officer-of-The-Walt-Disney-Company/default.aspx