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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001744489-24-000262"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DIS"
cik: "0001744489"
company_name: "Walt Disney Co"
filed_at: "2024-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T12:22:49.046070+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Disney names James Gorman Chairman; CEO succession to be announced early 2026

## Summary
- Mark G. Parker resigns from Disney Board effective Jan 2, 2025, after nine years of service.
- James P. Gorman (Morgan Stanley Executive Chairman) becomes Disney Chairman on Jan 2, 2025.
- Board expects to announce next CEO in early 2026; Bob Iger's contract ends December 2026.
- Succession Planning Committee (chaired by Gorman) met six times in fiscal 2024, reviewing internal and external CEO candidates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001744489-24-000262
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DIS
- cik: 0001744489
- company_name: Walt Disney Co
- filed_at: 2024-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000174448924000262/0001744489-24-000262-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000174448924000262/dis-20241018.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001744489-24-000262
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001744489-24-000262.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001744489-24-000262.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark G. Parker resigned as Chairman and director at Walt Disney Co.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairman and director
  source text: On October 18, 2024, Mark G. Parker, Chairman and director on the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Walt Disney Company (the “Company”), informed the Company of his decision to resign from the Board, effective as of January 2, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000174448924000262/0001744489-24-000262-index.htm

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