bob iger was out of the vault disney Co. For about a year, but as most people around him knew, he never really let go. Acting almost as a proxy CEO, he undermined his successor and provided an ear for sad disney executivesSome of whom he had mentored.
When the call came to return as CEO, it was from someone on his old team. Mr. Iger later told People that he had an idea of what the script would be like.