Bob Iger reveals how right before the acquisition of Pixar, Steve Jobs told him about his cancer diagnosis, giving Iger a chance to get out of the deal
,” airing this Sunday at 12 p.m. ET/PT. During that time, they discuss mentor Roone Arledge, Iger’s father, the Pulse nightclub shooting and the moment when Steve Jobs revealed his cancer diagnosis to Iger.
Iger, who has been CEO since 2005 and pushed back his retirement date several times, is now slated to step down from the top post atIger recalled an early interaction with Arledge, “the big boss” at ABC News at the time, at one point standing side by side at adjacent urinals in the men’s room. Arledge asked Iger how his day was going.
“Roone was a big risk taker, and he believed if you just played it safe, you never did anything great,” Iger told Winfrey. “And he also was quite aware, back in the ’70s, when I started working with him, that the world was changing fast, and because nothing was going to stay the same, you couldn’t stay the same.”
“I was determined to work hard, learn as much as I could learn, and I think that too was related to my father — a function of never wanting to experience the same sense of failure he felt about himself,” reads an excerpt from the book. “I didn’t have a clear idea of what success meant, no specific vision of being wealthy or powerful, but I was determined not to live a life of disappointment.
“I said, ‘Look, I have no idea what my legal responsibilities are here, you have my word I won’t tell people,” said Iger, who said that Jobs’ will to live to see his son’s high school graduation impacted him greatly. “I don’t really know what the right thing to do here is from a corporate perspective, but my sense is we should go through with this. I won’t back out, I appreciate the opportunity.”
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