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The news That Disney chief Bob Iger, his resignation as CEO of The Company has taken to surprise The World of film.

Since becoming chief executive in 2005, Iger led The Company through several blockbuster acquisitions and the Start of the Disney - + - streaming service.

Considered by many as The Most powerful man in Hollywood, Iger had previously announced, to go into retirement only to return to the insistence of his departure date.

Iger, Disney ' s executive chairman, remains on until the end of 2021.

The Company said Iger, performs of your "creative endeavors" while the provision of a smooth and successful transition."

Bob Chapek, the parks and products division, was Disney's delivery in 1993 and earlier, The Company as the new CEO.

During Iger's tenure as CEO, Disney's animation studio Pixar, Comic Book companies, Marvel, Star Wars copyright LucasFilm and Rupert Murdoch 's 21St Century Fox took over.

These acquisitions, combined with The Launch of Disney+, theme Park openings and other factors, saw the market value of The Company increase five-fold.

the 20 highest-grossing movies of 2010, 13 were in the Disney versions. Three of these titles, More Than $2 Billion (£1. 54 Billion euros) worldwide.

The Most lucrative of the three, superhero blockbuster Avengers: final, outdated in 2009, Avatar In July 2019, the highest grossing film of all time.

Last year, Iger a treatise with the title The Ride of a lifetime, in which he wrote about the lessons he had learned from his 15 years as Disney's CEO published.

While promoting his book, he gave his only UK interview on the BBC media editor Amol Rajan in which he reflects on his experiences and achievements.

"It would be nice to know That it will turn out as good as it is, because I probably would have relaxed them just a little more," he mused, when asked what advice he would offer to his younger self

"But Then Again , when I relaxed a little more, I would have probably not worked so hard, and it could not have turned on. So since you can't go back and don't always do it somehow, I wouldn't change a thing. "

The 69-year-old also expressed pride in The Number of jobs, he said, had been created in the Disney company during his time as CEO.

"I'm proud of our efforts for our employees - for performers, as we call them - around The World . Of which there are now about 230,000," he said.

"There are tens of thousands of them, today, by the way, as they were when I took The Job got. So, we have a huge number of jobs. And for the workers.

"I'm proud of your compensation. I Am proud of the benefits we have received. I Am proud of the opportunities we have created for you.

"There are great opportunities for advancement in our company by the very people, start at the Bottom - I'm one of them - and don't deserve to work on yourself, but work your way to the top, and more. "

In other departments, however, Iger did admit That mistakes had been Made .

"I've said publicly That I think That we have Made and fired many of the Star Wars films over a short period of time,"

"I did not say That they were disappointing in any way. I did not say That I Am disappointed by their performance.

"I just think there is something so special about a Star Wars movie, and less is more.

"is The beauty of Star Wars , The Future is unlimited in terms of the places we go, the stories we tell and the characters That we introduce can be said of people," Iger during a later visit to the United Kingdom for the European premiere of the latest Star Wars movie.

That his favorite character from the long-running sci-fi movie saga was Chewbacca the Wookiee.

"I've always been a 'Chewie' fan," he told the BBC's Colin Paterson . "I don't understand a word he says, but he always makes me laugh. "

No Doubt Iger's departure have seen, the character utter one of his trademark moaning sad.

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Source of news: bbc.com