Many went assume that he will be the next CEO of Disney. Now leaves top managers Thomas Staggs, the company unexpectedly. About the reason for this is speculation. Disney CEO Bob Iger says goodbye with moving words.
The previously traded as favorite to succeed CEO Bob Iger Disney top manager Thomas Staggs unexpectedly takes his Cap. Staggs will give up his position as the current financial executive Board (COO) on May 6, as the company confirmed after US market close on Monday.
Staggs will but the current financial year still a job as adviser to the keep CEOs, the US entertainment giant announced further with. The 55-year-old was considered the most promising candidate to in 2018 to take over the top post of was ten years older Iger.
The “Wall Street Journal” However, citing an insider that it was Staggs until recently been unable to obtain the necessary backing of the rest of the leadership. The Disney shares fell after-hours by almost 1.5 percent
Moving parting words
In a statement announced CEO Iger on Staggs parting with. “Tom was more than 20 years a great friend and trusted colleague. He has made an important contribution to the company and deserve in the organization respect for his power and personal integrity. I am that we are working very proud of what we have achieved together, extremely grateful for the privilege of being together could and convinced that he extremely successfully in the will be what he chooses next. ”
Staggs himself shared his retirement inter alia: “Disney is really out on a limb, not only because of the phenomenal creativity of the company, but also because the thousands of remarkable people who make Disney a so extraordinary place. “
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