Robert Allen Iger was born on February 10, 1951. Robert Allen Iger is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company. He succeeded Michael Eisner as CEO in 2005, until his contract expired in 2020.
He then served as Executive Chairman until his retirement from the company in 2021. At the request of Disney’s Board of Directors, Iger returned to Disney as CEO on November 20, 2022.
Robert was born in 1951 in New York, the son of Mimi Tunick and Arthur L. Iger. His father was a World War II Navy veteran and professor of advertising and public relations. Robert Iger started his media career in 1972 as the host of Campus Probe, an Ithaca College television program.
He spent five months working as a weatherman in Ithaca, where he had dreams of becoming a news anchor before changing his mind.
Robert Iger Wife
Robert Iger has been married twice. His first marriage was to Kathleen Susan Iger which ended in divorce. Afterward, In 1995, Iger married journalist Willow Bay in an interfaith Jewish and Roman Catholic service in Bridgehampton, New York.
Children
According to online sources, Robert had two daughters with his first wife Kathleen Susan details about them aren’t shared as of now.
Also, his second marriage to Journalist Willow Bay was blessed with another two children; Robert Maxwell, Born in 1998, and William Iger born in 2002.
Parents
Robert was born into a Jewish family in New york. His father was Arthur L. Iger, who served as the executive vice president and general manager of the Greenvale Marketing Corporation; he also played the trumpet and had bipolar disorder.
His mother was Mimi who worked at Boardman Junior High School in Oceanside, New York.
Siblings
Bob was the oldest son of Arthur and Mimi according to reliable sources, however, details about his other siblings are not shared to the public as of now.
