A biography for Bob Igerhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of our core strategic priorities: the creation of high quality, branded content and experiences, the use of technology, and creating growth in numerous and exciting international markets.”
“Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.”
“Honestly, I'm interested in politics; I'm interested in giving back in some form, performing some sort of civic duty. But I'm not exploring a run for governor or senator or anything along those lines. I'm focused on running Disney.”
“Netflix, Amazon, iTunes - whatever platforms emerge - we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business. Which means there are entirely new opportunities to monetize our capital investment in content and do so in ways that work for distributors, for consumers and for creators.”
“I had worked at Disney since they bought the company that I had worked for, ABC in the mid-90s.”
“We have a unique opportunity as Disney because it really is the only true global entertainment brand.”
“We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises.”
“People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.”
“A lot of people - a lot - have urged me to seek political office. All kinds of different jobs. Everybody has got a different idea for me, except all roads lead through my wife.”
“I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.”
“Even though I started off being interested in news, and I spent 13 years of my career working in television sports, I always was passionate about television and movies.”
“I'm a big believer in investing for the long term, and the decisions you make shouldn't be made if the economy is good or bad at a specific time.”
“Are there challenges? Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.”
“I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster.”
“If we give people the ability to buy a lot more because they can store a lot more, for a company that creates TV shows and movies, that's fantastic.”
“I've certainly had a number of failures along the way, depending on my own instincts and creativity, some fairly celebrated, at least during their time.”
“I don't get described as necessarily being aggressive. I don't know if 'laid-back' is the word. I think, if anything, what I would want people to say about me is, 'I think he had guts.'”
“Sometimes I feel like I'm a contestant in a reality show that probably would be called The Apprentice Survivor Millionaire.”
“It's not about how much you make: it's about how good the quality is. You'll be better off as a company making fewer things and concentrating on those and how you bring those to market... in a very less cluttered way, even though the marketplace is more cluttered.”
“I've always believed that the best way you combat intellectual property theft is making a product available that is well priced, well timed to market, whether it's a movie product, TV product, music product, even theme-park product.”