Forbes Article - Iger Eisner's Successor? $5 billion into theme parks?

[raidermatt]

This article was mentioned by DVCBob, but I thought I should post it in its own thread to show Iger in the subject as well:

Forbes Article

Iger? Seriously, is this the guy to run Disney? And from a "theme park centric" point of view, are there any indications this guy "gets it"?

$5 billion spent on improving the theme parks in recent years? (They didn't define "recent")

That has to include construction of new parks, right?

 

[Jeff in BigD]

Based on the article, it sounds like he might as well be Eisner Jr. & it seems as more slash & cut headaches are on the way. Hopefully the board will finally grow a pair & clean house.


My guess is "recent" either means after Walt's reign or after Epcot opened.


Just a side note:
I think it speaks volumes about Eisner that he would leave his team (in a pivotal game) to beat the traffic. As much as I loathe the egomanical Ted Turner, I don't think he would have bailed.

 

[manning]

Just like the name of that song, Send in the clown!!!