Review of Swan/Dolphin Food & Wine Classic, plus why neither Rasulo nor Staggs may take Iger's spot. http://miceage.micechat.com/kevinyee/ky101111a.htm
Who will be Bob’s successor? The obvious candidates for many theme park observers are Tom Staggs (head of parks and resorts) and Jay Rasulo (CFO), if for no other reason than they recently switched jobs with each other—a standard technique for grooming new leaders by giving them a taste of more parts of the company. This conventional wisdom could well turn out to be correct. Or a more creative individual, like John Lasseter, could be the choice, though that seems a long shot, since John’s experiences do not encompass the financial and strategic background a position like the CEO of Disney would require.
In fact, I kind of think it won’t be Jay or Tom, either. Their recent training might just be a way to provide a “deep bench” of experience to help out the person who DOES come in to the top spot. I think this because Disney is not a theme park company, as much as it pains me to admit it. Disney is a content media company. The four Pirates movies, for example, have made $3.7 billion worldwide. But forget the movies. It’s really the media networks, including powerhouse ESPN, that give Disney the pep in its performance. In the last several years, the operating income of the media segment has always outperformed parks and resorts by a factor of four.
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