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Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down in surprise announcement

by AP Business Writers
| February 25, 2020 2:05 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Disney CEO Bob Iger, who steered the company's absorption of Star Wars, Pixar, Marvel and Fox's entertainment businesses and the launch of a Netflix challenger, is stepping down immediately, the company said in a surprise announcement Tuesday.

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