Entertainment empire Disney wants a brand new CEO, and a brand new report suggests {that a} acquainted face from the world of video games might be within the working.
Andrew Wilson, the at all times impeccably dressed CEO of EA, is reportedly being thought of for Disney’s high job. It’s an enormous transfer within the leisure world, with potential ramifications for followers of Pixar and Marvel in addition to The Sims, Battlefield, and Dragon Age. Iger’s present contract runs till 2026, so it might be some time earlier than anybody truly must get new enterprise playing cards printed.
IGN has reached out to EA for a touch upon the story.
The report got here from The Wall Street Journal, which added that Wilson is up in opposition to not less than two different exterior candidates for the substitute of present CEO Bob Iger. Iger beforehand retired in 2020, however he barely had time to take up fishing earlier than he returning in 2022 after his successor, Bob Chapek, was pushed out of the function.
As for Wilson, he is notched up over 24 years with EA, with 11 of these as CEO. In the most recent EA earnings name, Wilson revealed Apex Legends possible would not be getting a sequel, and that in his eyes, Bioware has returned to its strengths with Dragon Age. If you need to extra about him, get pleasure from this snippet from his corporate biography.
“A local of Australia, Andrew enjoys taking part in golf and is a life-long surfer, proudly serving because the Chairman of the Board for the World Surf League. He can be a passionate martial artist, holding a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.”
Rachel Weber is IGN’s Managing Editor.
