Bob Chapek

Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Walt Disney Company

Bob Chapek

Bob Chapek

Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Walt Disney Company

Overview

Career Highlights

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.
Disney Consumer Products, Inc.
Buena Vista International, Inc.

RelSci Relationships

6008

Number of Boards

5

Birthday

1960

Age

61

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Christine M. McCarthy

Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at The Walt Disney Company

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Jayne Parker

Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at The Walt Disney Company

Relationship likelihood: Strong

James Pitaro

Chairman, ESPN & Sports Content at The Walt Disney Company

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Robert A. Iger

Executive Chairman & Chairman of the Board at The Walt Disney Company

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Karl L. Holz

President at Disney Magic Corp.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Thomas Staggs

Limited Partner at Lead Edge Capital Management LLC

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Alan Braverman

Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary at The Walt Disney Company

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Ronald L. Iden

Chief Security Officer & Senior Vice President at The Walt Disney Company

Relationship likelihood: Strong

René Rechtman

Head of Non-Linear Media at The Walt Disney Company

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Brittany Geldmacher

Head of Brand Strategy & Communications, Maker Studios at The Walt Disney Company

Relationship likelihood: Strong

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In The News

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March 1, 2021

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February 28, 2021

US businesses were hurt after the pandemic became politicized. Now, they're joining the effort to get Americans vaccinated.

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February 25, 2021

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February 25, 2021

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February 24, 2021

Disney and the NFL are reportedly sparring over a proposed TV deal that would cost the ABC and ESPN owner nearly $4 billion every year

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Bob Chapek

Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Walt Disney Company

Education

Class of 1981

Indiana University

Indiana University is a major multi-campus public research institution, grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, and a world leader in professional, medical, and technological education. Indiana University’s mission is to provide broad access to undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education for students throughout Indiana, the United States, and the world, as well as outstanding academic and cultural programs and student services. Indiana University seeks to create dynamic partnerships with the state and local communities in economic, social, and cultural development and to offer leadership in creative solutions for 21st century problems. Indiana University strives to achieve full diversity, and to maintain friendly, collegial, and humane environments, with a strong commitment to academic freedom.

Michigan State University

Michigan State University (MSU) is a public research university located in East Lansing, Michigan, United States and is the first land-grant institution that was created to serve as a model for future land-grant colleges in the country under the 1862 Morrill Act. Michigan State has been labeled one of the "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League. Following the introduction of the Morrill Act, the college became coeducational and expanded its curriculum beyond agriculture. Today, MSU is the ninth-largest university in the United States, with 47,800 students and 2,954 faculty members.

Memberships

Member

Current

Business Roundtable

The Business Roundtable advocates public policies that ensure economic growth. It considers public policy issues which contains groups like the construction users anti-inflation roundtable, a group devoted to containing construction costs; and the labor law study committee, made up of labor relations executives of major companies. The Business Roundtable was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Career History

Chairman

2015 - Current

Disney Destinations LLC

Disney Destinations LLC owns and operates theme parks and resorts. The company also operates water parks, golf courses, and cruise line. It operates theme parks at Florida and Disneyland Park in Anaheim and California. Walt Disney Parks & Resorts is headquartered in Lake Buena Vista, FL

Chief Executive Officer & Director

1993 - Current

The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Co. is a diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise. It operates through the following segments: Media Networks, Parks, Experiences and Products, Studio Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI). The Media Networks segment includes cable and broadcast television networks, television production and distribution operations, domestic television stations, radio networks and stations. The Parks, Experiences and Products segment owns and operates the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida; the Disneyland Resort in California; Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in Hawaii; the Disney Vacation Club; the Disney Cruise Line; and Adventures by Disney. The Studio Entertainment segment produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures, direct-to-video content, musical recordings and live stage plays. This segment distributes films primarily under the Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Touchstone banners. The DTCI segment licenses the company's trade names, characters and visual and literary properties to various manufacturers, game developers, publishers and retailers throughout the world. It also develops and publishes games, primarily for mobile platforms, and books, magazines and comic books. This segment also distributes branded merchandise directly through retail, online and wholesale businesses. The company was founded by Walter Elias Disney on October 16, 1923 and is headquartered in Burbank, CA.

President

Tenure Unconfirmed

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. distributed and marketed DVDs and VHS releases. The company produced films and TV shows included Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Touchstone Television, Miramax, and Hollywood Pictures. The company was founded by John Cracknell and was headquartered in Burbank, CA.

Boards & Committees

Chairman

Tenure Unconfirmed

Deg: The Digital Entertainment Group

THE DEG ADVOCATES AND PROMOTES THE CONSUMER BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTS, INCLUDING BOTH PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL MEDIA ON A VARIETY OF PLATFORMS, PROVIDING INFO AND PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE HOME ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

Political Donations

$5,000

2013

The Walt Disney Productions Employees PAC

$2,400

2009

Howard L. Berman

Senior Advisor at Covington & Burling LLP

$2,400

2009

Patrick Leahy

Senator from Vermont

Public Holdings

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Other Affiliations

Bob Chapek is affiliated with Disney Destinations LLC, The Walt Disney Company, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., The Walt Disney Studios, Disney Parks, Experiences & Products, Inc., Disney Consumer Products, Inc., Buena Vista International, Inc., H. J. Heinz Company, J. Walter Thompson Company Llc, Deg: The Digital Entertainment Group

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