![]() Disney’s recent flicks have been both blockbusters and groundbreakers for example, Iger wanted to prove that audiences worldwide could love superheroes who were not just a bunch of muscled white males. Regaled in Hollywood as one of its most successful corporate chieftains, Iger helped build Disney into an international juggernaut that now includes television networks ESPN and ABC, theme parks from Anaheim to Hong Kong, plus the Marvel, Lucasfilms and Fox Searchlight studios. Yet even after 246 pages of those and other dramatic scenes, Iger seems to have left one rather large elephant standing in the room. Readers also learn about his role in the deal to buy 20th Century Fox studios from entertainment mogul Rupert Murdoch. ![]() ![]() Iger’s book, “The Ride of a Lifetime,” contains insider detail about how he painstakingly guided the acquisition of animation powerhouse Pixar from Steve Jobs, then persuaded George Lucas to entrust Disney with his “Star Wars” franchise. is a literary e-ticket, as they used to say at Disneyland, that includes appearances by some of the most thrilling innovators and iconic disruptors of our time. ![]() The story behind Robert Iger’s 46-year rise from budding TV weatherman in Ithaca, N.Y., to CEO of the Walt Disney Co. ![]()
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