Another top Disney executive loyal to Bob Chapek departs the company

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Posted: Saturday November 26, 2022 8:22am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

According to a report from Puck News via Variety, Arthur Bochner, Chapek's chief of staff, is the next top-level Disney executive to leave the company following Chapek's dismissal.

Bochner, Vice President, Strategic Communications at The Walt Disney Company, was Chapek's speechwriter and was behind much of the messaging that came from Chapek during his time as CEO at Disney.

Given the close connection to Chapek, and the board's apparent disbelief at Chapek's recent Q3 earnings call performance which Bochner was part of, his departure does not come as a surprise.

Bochner is the second top executive to leave Disney since the arrival of Bob Iger as CEO. Kareem Daniel, a close ally of Chapek and chairman of Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, was the first to go.

Chapek departed Disney in a surprise announcement late last Sunday, with former CEO Bob Iger returning to the company on a two-year contract.

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Smiley/OCDJan 19, 2024

At least he doesn’t star in his own commercials the way Tom Carvel did…Cookie Puss, Fudgie the Whale…

SirwalterraleighJan 19, 2024

Buffett still has one of the best stories ever…he liked Dairy Queen so much he bought it 😂

LilofanJan 19, 2024

That kind of diet is right up 93 years young Warren Buffett lifestyle alley of eating fast food and dairy queen on a regular basis. His take on that is he eats like a 6 year old kid which he says has the lowest death rates.

SirwalterraleighJan 19, 2024

Oh…Nelly is getting surly… He better not stop by a park and get a Mickey bar…Bob left standing orders to have a few made with antifreeze subbed for the milk

SirwalterraleighJan 19, 2024

She said some crazy @$$ bleep not too long ago… Elon gets away with being a kook because he happens to be like the richest dude…ever…

TraumaJan 19, 2024

John park hopperJan 19, 2024

Come on Bob 595---- let's hope you can hit 600 in 2024 and I'm not talking baseball.

LilofanJan 18, 2024

Execs are very good at reinventing themselves and many critics have the attention span of less than a goldfish - 8 seconds.

MR.DisJan 18, 2024

I was not talking about personal wealth, but that her status as an executive has been tarnished. Not going into rumors and innuendo.

LilofanJan 18, 2024

She sold off her Meta stock in 2022 - $1.8 billion. She's resilient especially after her first husband an accomplished exec of Survey Monkey died while falling off a treadmill in a hotel resort gym during a family vacation.

AylaJan 18, 2024

😂 She's worth 2+ billion dollars. She's fine.

MR.DisJan 18, 2024

Just saw where Sheryl Sandberg is leaving META. At one point she was highly thought to be in the running to take over Disney, but her fortunes have changed drastically.

MR.DisJan 18, 2024

One thing that should be demanded by who ever is picked to take over--Bob Iger needs to completely leave the premises. No honorary office, not even a small cubicle. All privileges gone. If it satisfies his ego, make a statute in his honor--say just outside one of the restrooms in one of the parks.

SirwalterraleighJan 18, 2024

Notice how that corresponds with his ego never wanting to leave either The guy “retired” and never even moved out of his office. A comp: Eisner turned in his keys, his office and his main gate a year early