Bob Iger

And I think more than anything else, I would want to be known as someone who was given the keys to this kingdom, so to speak, and quite a kingdom it is.

and that I brought it to a place that even Walt would be proud of.

And what that means is more great storytelling to a larger audience, more innovation, more risk taking, more really creation of happiness.

It's really that simple.

At one point, I thought, well, okay, you're now running Disney.

What's the most you want out of it?

Well, don't screw it up, but it's much more than that.

I really have been mindful of the duty that I feel has been handed to me to make it even better than it's ever been.

I think you would both probably agree it's hard to project 50 years ahead.

Right.

About anything, really, because the world is changing so rapidly and in such profound ways.

And as I think about the future, one, I would hope that

um my successors would be respectful of our past and well aware of the values that really created the value of the company in the first place and carry them forward but not let anything that's been done in the past get in the way of bringing the company into the future and that's really constant innovation a constant exploration you know constant essentially um desire to reinvent and or to invent even

More than anything else, that's what I'd want.

But I think we do occupy a place in the world as great storytellers, perhaps maybe the greatest.

And I would hope that that position would continue for years and years, decades ahead.

Well, actually, a colleague of mine here at Disney, Christina Shockey, who was our chief communications officer and is a history buff, I think recommended it initially.

We share an interest in nonfiction, particularly books about history.

And she was the first that suggested I listen to it.

And I think during COVID, it served a great purpose.