#Disney’s Bob Chapek Reflects on Likability as CEO
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Disney’s Bob Chapek Reflects on Likability as CEO
Bob Chapek is not exactly concerned with being well-liked as the top executive of Disney.
Speaking at the Wall Street Journal‘s Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach on Wednesday, Chapek — who has weathered a number of controversies since assuming the CEO role in early 2020 — said he didn’t prioritize his “personal feelings” in making decisions about Disney’s business.
“My own personal feelings aren’t really important. What’s important is how people think about our company, and so I take myself out of it. And I think that’s sort of the surprise, is everybody sort of wants to be loved and everybody wants everyone to like them,” he said. “But in this in this world, that’s not always necessary, so I wash all that away and say, ‘What do we want the ‘capital [D]’ Disney Company to stand for?’ And if we’re doing right by the ‘capital D’ Disney Company and can sleep at night, then I can be Teflon and know that we’re doing the right thing.”
Chapek’s tenure at Disney has already been marked by a highly publicized fallout over the executive’s initial response to Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill that, later, turned into a feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis; a messy legal battle with Marvel star Scarlett Johansson; and his decision to oust the general entertainment chairman Peter Rice.
Despite speculation that Chapek could be on his way out as the CEO, Disney’s board of directors has thrown their support behind the executive and, in June, unanimously extended his contract through 2025.
Disney will reports its fourth fiscal quarter earnings on Nov. 8.
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