Bob Iger has shared a post on Instagram with pictures from a morning he and future CEO, Josh D’Amaro spent at Disneyland.
Bob Iger & Josh D’Amaro at Disneyland
The pair posed in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle and the Partner Statue. In the post, Iger states:
A morning at @disneyland with @joshdamaro, the new CEO of The Walt Disney Company. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Josh’s appointment!
The current and upcoming CEOs then walked around Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge with an entourage of other Cast Members. D’Amaro will take the position during the Annual Meeting on March 18, 2026. The Board also intends to appoint D’Amaro as a director immediately following that meeting. Dana Walden was also a candidate for the role, and she is named the new President & Chief Creative Officer. The announcement came after a unanimous vote took place on February 2.
Josh D’Amaro
D’Amaro graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Georgetown University in 1993. He worked in the finance department of the Gillette Company before joining Disney in 1998.
Until 2008, he was vice president of sales and travel trade marketing. He was also director of business planning and strategy development from 2005 to 2006. He became chief financial officer of Disney Consumer Products Licensing in 2008.
In 2010, D’Amaro was promoted to VP of Adventures by Disney. From 2013 to 2014, he was VP of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, overseeing initial construction of Pandora – The World of Avatar. He then became senior vice president of Walt Disney World’s Resort & Transportation Operations in September 2014 and remained in that position until February 2017.
Later that year, he became chief creative officer of Walt Disney World. In 2018, he moved to California, where he was president of Disneyland Park for a year and a half. He then returned to Florida as president of Walt Disney World.
When Bob Chapek was promoted from Disney Experiences chairperson to CEO of Disney, D’Amaro took over Chapek’s position. He has remained head of Disney Experiences for almost six years, overseeing management of all six Disney resorts and Disney Cruise Line, including 12 theme parks, 57 resort hotels, the upcoming Disneyland Abu Dhabi, and eight cruise ships (and more on the way), as well as Disney Consumer Products, Walt Disney Imagineering, Disney Vacation Club, Adventures by Disney, Disney Institute, and Storyliving by Disney. He leads the worldwide team of 185,000 cast members.
D’Amaro has been the long-time favorite for the position. Also under consideration were Disney Entertainment co-chair Dana Walden, fellow co-chair Alan Bergman, and ESPN chairperson Jimmy Pitaro.
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