D’Amaro will succeed Disney CEO Bob Iger on March 18 during the company’s annual meeting.
Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro’s 28-year Disney career started at Disneyland in 1998 and in six weeks will culminate in his ascent to the helm of the Burbank-based entertainment giant built by Walt Disney.
D’Amaro will succeed Disney CEO Bob Iger on March 18 during the company’s annual meeting.
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Since 2020, D’Amaro has overseen 185,000 employees at Disney’s 12 theme parks around the globe along with the Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, Adventures by Disney, Storyliving by Disney and Walt Disney Imagineering.
D’Amaro has an extensive history with Disney parks — overseeing Disneyland, Disney’s Animal Kingdom and the Walt Disney World resort before rising to run the company’s largest business division with $36 billion in annual revenue.Josh D’Amaro, Chairman, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products during the opening ceremony for Avengers Campus inside Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
During that time, D’Amaro was instrumental in the creation of Pandora — The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure and Disney Adventure World, Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Zootopia at Shanghai Disneyland and World of Frozen at Hong Kong Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Sea.
