{"id":2265146,"date":"2026-02-03T18:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2265146"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:38:11","slug":"disney-board-chairman-says-succession-plan-was-done-cleanly-in-unanimous-vote-for-josh-damaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/disney-board-chairman-says-succession-plan-was-done-cleanly-in-unanimous-vote-for-josh-damaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Board Chairman Says Succession Plan Was \u2018Done Cleanly\u2019 in Unanimous Vote for Josh D\u2019Amaro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0331079\/\">James Gorman<\/a> has completed his first mission for Disney: CEO transition, take two.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s news of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm11730981\/\">Josh D\u2019Amaro<\/a>\u2019s elevation to CEO and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0992861\/\">Dana Walden<\/a>\u2019s ascent to the new post of president and chief creative officer marks a more considered process than the one that unfolded in February 2020, when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm11117010\/\">Bob Chapek<\/a> took the reins from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2250609\/\">Bob Iger<\/a>. Chapek, a 30-year Disney executive, endured a rocky tenure that ended after less than three years with Iger\u2019s return. The structure outlined this time around marks a victory for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm16293282\/\">Gorman<\/a>, the former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0198612\/\">Morgan Stanley<\/a> chairman-ceo who joined Disney\u2019s board in 2024, the year after he ended his run as CEO of the investment powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Gorman\u2019s assignment in coming to Disney was clear \u2014 manage the company\u2019s CEO succession process. On Tuesday, Gorman spoke with Variety about the future of the media giant that he calls \u201cincredibly undervalued.\u201d By multiple accounts,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Gorman has completed his first mission for Disney: CEO transition, take two. Tuesday\u2019s news of Josh D\u2019Amaro\u2019s elevation to CEO and Dana Walden\u2019s ascent to the new post of president and chief creative officer marks a more considered process than the one that unfolded in February 2020, when Bob Chapek took the reins from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2265147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,31714,21751,22556,21993,22860,21912,21738,24141,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2265146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-actresses","tag-celebrities","tag-directors","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-stars","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Disney-Board-Chairman-Says-Succession-Plan-Was-\u2018Done-Cleanly-in.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2265148,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265146\/revisions\/2265148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}