In his memoir 'Behind the Castle Walls,' ousted Disney CEO Bob Chapek details his 30-year career at Disney and blames predecessor Bob Iger for engineering his November 2022 ouster, claiming Iger regretted appointing him and waged a three-year campaign to remove him. Chapek maintains he did nothing wrong and recounts various incidents from his tenure, including his awkward 2020 appointment press conference alongside Iger.
Bob Chapek, ousted as Disney CEO in 2022 after less than three years, blames predecessor Bob Iger for sabotaging his tenure in a forthcoming memoir. Chapek claims Iger, who had handpicked him and remained as executive chairman, intentionally undermined him and wanted to reclaim the CEO role, though Iger has disputed these characterizations.